{"id":2004767,"date":"2023-08-18T11:46:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T15:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scott-us-military-needs-to-be-ready-for-war-on-three-continents\/"},"modified":"2023-08-18T11:47:02","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T15:47:02","slug":"scott-us-military-needs-to-be-ready-for-war-on-three-continents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scott-us-military-needs-to-be-ready-for-war-on-three-continents\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott: US Military Must Prepare for Conflict Across Three Continents"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fscott-us-military-needs-to-be-ready-for-war-on-three-continents%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2004767&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<figure><figcaption>(Allison Joyce\/Getty\u2063 Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>Republican\u200b Candidate \u2064Calls for Stronger Military<\/h2>\n<p>ATLANTA\u2014Republican presidential candidate Sen. Tim\u200d Scott (S.C.) made a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-rfk-jr-takes-leftists-to-school-over-miracle-drug-that-he-says-helped-stop-covid-2\/\" title=\"RFK Jr. educates leftists on COVID's 'miracle drug'\">compelling\u200b case<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-rep-bice-biden-budget-an-insult-to-our-military\/\" title=\"GOP Rep. Bice: Biden Budget an 'Insult' to Our Military\">increasing military spending<\/a> on Friday. \u2063According to Scott, it is crucial for the\u200d U.S. military to be \u2064prepared for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scott-us-military-needs-to-be-ready-for-war-on-three-continents\/\" title=\"Scott: US Military Must Prepare for Conflict Across Three Continents\">simultaneous conflicts<\/a> with Russia, Iran, \u200cand China.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;If we cannot engage in conflict on three\u2062 different continents at \u200bthe exact same time, our military isn&#8217;t prepared,&#8221; said Scott during his speech\u200d at the Gathering, a conference hosted by conservative \u2062commentator Erick Erickson\u2062 in Atlanta.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Isolationist Trend Among \u2064Republican Candidates<\/h3>\n<p>Scott&#8217;s\u2064 remarks come at a time when many \u200bRepublican candidates are leaning towards isolationism. For instance, Vivek Ramaswamy has campaigned on ending aid to Ukraine,\u200d while Florida \u2063governor Ron DeSantis has expressed doubts about \u200dthe United States&#8217; involvement in the European conflict.<\/p>\n<h3>Preparing for Conflict in Europe, \u200bthe Middle\u2062 East,\u200d and\u2064 Asia<\/h3>\n<p>Scott\u200c emphasized the importance of being prepared for conflict in different regions. He\u2062 highlighted the need to address Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine, which poses a \u2062threat to NATO allies\u200c in\u2063 Europe. Additionally,\u2063 he mentioned Iran&#8217;s\u200c nuclear ambitions as an existential threat to Israel in the Middle \u2064East, and China&#8217;s aggression\u2063 towards Taiwan in Asia.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We have to be loyal to\u200c our \u200callies and lethal to \u200dour adversaries,&#8221;\u200c Scott emphasized.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Scott also criticized President Joe Biden for failing to explain \u200cAmerica&#8217;s &#8220;vital interest in Ukraine.&#8221;\u200b He argued \u200cthat the \u2064Russian military \u2062should be \u200ddegraded before any invasion of NATO allies occurs, without\u2062 putting U.S. soldiers on the ground.<\/p>\n<h3>Investing in Advanced Weapons and Assets<\/h3>\n<p>As a member of \u2064the\u2063 Senate Foreign\u2063 Relations Committee,\u200d Scott stressed the need for the United States to \u2062enhance\u200c its development\u2063 of hypersonic weapons and other assets\u200c to effectively compete with Russia and China.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>needs to be strengthened,&#8221; Scott said. He emphasized the importance of being prepared for potential threats and maintaining a strong defense. Scott&#8217;s remarks came during a campaign event in Atlanta, where he highlighted his commitment to national security and the need for increased military funding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":2004768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2004767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2004767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2004768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2004767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2004767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2004767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}