-Source-Newsweek-
China’s growing clout in the world should be a bigger concern to the U.S. than Russia, a former NATO European supreme commander has warned.
Pointing to China’s ambition to surpass the U.S. in global influence, retired U.S. Marine Corps General Jim Jones told The Hill on Monday that the Asian nation is “a much longer-term problem.
“China has the stated goal of trying to replace the United States…by 2020, 2040,” Jones explained. “They’re doing this in a very quiet way—sometimes not so quiet, but there’s no mistaking what their long-term ambition is, and we’re going to have to deal with that.”
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At the same time, Jones suggested that Russia, in reality, was not such a big problem for the U.S. He said that although President Vladimir Putin and his country may be “disruptive,” they don’t pose a major threat.
“I don’t think we’re facing any kind of World War III,” he said.
The retired commander’s comments echo those of top U.S. intelligence officials.
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