We will conduct more, and more complex, freedom of navigation operations as time goes on in the South China Sea, we have no intention of stopping. Harry Harris More Quotes by Harry Harris More Quotes From Harry Harris This fact is significant because the U.S. has no comparable capability due to our adherence to the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty with Russia. Harry Harris top-news I'm convinced that our alliance commitments to South Korea remain ironclad and have not changed. Harry Harris politics Today, following the summit, we are in a dramatically different place, the whole landscape has shifted. I believe we should give exercises, major exercises, a pause to see if Kim Jong Un is in fact serious about Kim Jong part of the negotiations. Harry Harris politics In my previous capacity, I spoke very strongly about the need to continue military exercises, most notably in 2017. Harry Harris politics We have to continue to worry about that. Harry Harris politics I would call them major exercises. Harry Harris politics A geopolitical competition between free and repressive visions of world order is taking place in the Indo-Pacific, great power competition is back and I believe we're approaching an inflection point in history.... Freedom and justice hang in the balance. Harry Harris top-news And a nuclear-capable North Korea with missiles that can reach the United States is unacceptable. Harry Harris top-news We’ve been led astray by viewing space as some kind of a fuzzy panda bear thing i think the Chinese … the Russians and others, they view space as the ultimate high ground. They are preparing for battle in space. Harry Harris latest-headlines I think that's part of the readiness calculus that we have to go through when we consider the threat from North Korea. Harry Harris latest-headlines If you are a weak country, or you have a weak military, then I think that encourages adventurism and puts us in a place with countries like North Korea that we wouldn’t want to be in if we had a choice. Harry Harris latest-headlines The fact remains that China is as responsible for where North Korea is today as North Korea itself. Harry Harris world The bottom line is this: we want to co-operate where we can, but we just have to be ready as a military to confront them if we must. Harry Harris top-news He recently threatened pre-emptive nuclear strikes against the United States and other countries in the region, folks, make no mistake about it. North Korea is on a quest for nuclear weapons, the means to miniaturize them and the ways to deliver them intercontinentally. Harry Harris world We should cooperate with China wherever we can, but we have to confront China where we must, some of their activities in the South China Sea falls into that category. Harry Harris world Working trilaterally, I believe we can bolster our collective defense against North Korean provocations. Harry Harris world We must continue to operate in the South China Sea to demonstrate that that water space and the air above it is international. Harry Harris most-read-articles We could consider putting another (attack) submarine out there, we could put additional destroyers forward ...there are a lot of things we could do, short of putting a full carrier strike group in the Western Pacific. Harry Harris most-read-articles China seeks hegemony in East Asia. Harry Harris top-news We've been conducting freedom of navigation operations all over the world for decades, so no one should be surprised by them. Harry Harris most-read-articles
