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China’s push for ‘domination’ is fueling meeting with US: Jack Keane

Fox News — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 00:36:02 +0000

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Gen. Keane: Russian troops likely to invade Belarus if pro-democracy president assumes power

Talia Kaplan | Fox News — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 21:43:28 +0000

Keane says Belarus’ location is ‘very strategic’ to Putin who wants to increase Russia’s ‘sphere of influence’

Belarus’ location is “very strategic” to Russian President Vladimir Putin who “wants to increase the sphere of influence of Russia in the region, in Eastern Europe in particular and also in the Middle East,” Fox News senior strategic analyst and retired Army Gen. Jack Keane said on Monday.

Keane made the comments on “America’s Newsroom” the weekend after thousands of demonstrators flooded the streets of Minsk, the capital city of Belarus, to protest police violence against peaceful demonstrators earlier in the week after a disputed presidential election.

Belarussians marched in the capital shouting “Go Away” to President Alexander Lukashenko, and demanded his resignation after his 26-year reign.

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Protestors have claimed Sunday’s election, in which Lukashenko received 80 of the vote and opposition candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya received 10 percent, was rigged.

Lukashenko reportedly spoke with Putin over the weekend and said the Russian president told him Moscow stands ready to provide support in the face of what he described as foreign aggression. He claimed that NATO, however, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday that the alliance has no military buildup in the region.

“We’ve got a dictator who changed the constitution, he’s been in power 26 years so he could do that, similar to what Putin has done where he’s going to stay 16 more years in addition to the 20 that he’s already been in power,” Keane said on Monday, adding that Lukashenko “has worn out his welcome.”

“He’s corrupt, he’s authoritarian, he’s repressive, he blew the pandemic,” Keane continued. “He actually blamed the deaths of the people on the people themselves and was oblivious to the fact that older people may in fact get sick and die from it [and] took no precautionary measures.”

Keane then said that people there are “fed up” and “believe the election was fraudulent.”

Keane then stressed that the what is happening in Belarus “really matters” to Putin because “Belarus’s location is very strategic to him.”

“Long term what he would want is military bases in Belarus to weaken NATO, weaken the trans-Atlantic alliance,” Keane said.

Host Trace Gallagher asked Keane, “How important is this to the United States, our perspective and our interests?”

Keane responded by providing some context.

“The Eastern European countries were all annexed by [Soviet dictator Josef] Stalin post World War II as a result of the spoils of victory, all of that went away when the Soviet Union collapsed,” Keane said. “Most of those countries are now a part of NATO, some are not, Belarus is one that is not.”

“And What Putin has been trying to do is regain that sphere of influence with them,” Keane continued. “Why does he want that? The Russians always see Eastern Europe as a buffer against someone invading their country.”

“So yes, this is what this is about, and to accomplish that and why we should care is they want to weaken NATO as a result of that. They see NATO as a huge threat to their long-term security,” Keane went on to explain.

He pointed out, however, that “nobody in Europe is ever thinking about invading Russia.” He also said, “You can’t be dismissive how Russia feels about their own security, their own national security, and how they look at the west as the antithesis of being able to maintain their own stability and security.”

“Putin is a thug. Lukashenko is a thug. They have a lot in common,” Keane went on to say.

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He added, “I think what Putin is looking at is can Lukashenko calm the waters and stay in power or can somebody take over for Lukashenko, who is similar to him in terms of his political stripes and therefore Putin will be able to work with them.”

“But if he [Putin] sees someone coming in who is pro-democracy, then we’re likely going to see Russian boots on the ground in Belarus,” Keane continued.

Fox News’ Caitlin McFall and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Source: https://www.foxnews.com/world/jack-keane-russian-troops-invade-belarus

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Iran threatens US amid nationwide protests over rising fuel prices

Fox Business — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 16:33:46 +0000

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World War 3: ‘NEW ERA’ of Russian aggression says ex-general, after warplanes intercepted

Jamie MacWhirter — Sun, 13 May 2018 20:11:27 +0000

RUSSIAN attempts to intimidate America and its allies have become a routine feature of international politics, a former general has claimed, after Russian bombers flying close to the Alaskan coast sparked World War 3 fears.

The world has entered a new era of superpower confrontation between the USA, Russia and China, analyst Jack Keane claimed, although he played down concerns that Russia’s latest display of aggression could spark World War 3.

The former four-star general made his comments the day after a pair of Russian Tu-95 bombers were intercepted off the coast of Alaska by the US Air Force, almost exactly a year after a similar incident on May 3, 2017.

Fox News reported that the aircraft, which are capable of carrying nuclear payloads, flew as close as 55 miles off Alaska’s west coast.

Mr Keane, who is currently the chairman of the Institute for the Study of War, told Fox News: “We’ve returned to an era of big power competition once again.

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Former general Jack Keane warned that Russia was attempting to ‘intimidate’ America’s allies

“This is between the United States and Russia, the United States and China.

“Fundamentally, as we’ve learned from the Cold War, these kinds of big power competition are tests of will.

“Here, what the Russians are actually doing is penetrating our air interdiction zone and testing our responses.”

The former Vice Chief of Staff of the US Army added: “They harass our ships, they harass our airplanes – usually when they’re forward deployed, mainly to intimidate our allies.

“But this is going to be a thing that is going to be routine.”

“We’re just going to react normally to it, and try to keep the lid on it.”

The North American Aerospace Defence Command said of the event: “At approximately 10 am ET, two Alaskan-based NORAD F-22 fighters intercepted and visually identified two Russian TU-95 ‘Bear’ long-range bomber aircraft flying in the Air Defense Identification Zone around the western coast of Alaska, north of the Aleutian Islands.”

The statement said the Russian jets were “intercepted and monitored” but never entered US airspace.

Last month NATO jets were scrambled jets on four separate occasions when Russian jets flew through international airspace over the Baltic Sea to the enclave of Kaliningrad

In November last year the Russian destroyer destroyer Vice Admiral Kulakov raised tensions when it passed through the Channel without permission.

And in August NATO jets were scrambled to intercept Russian jets flying over Europe, buzzing Estonian territory.

US President Donald Trump, who reportedly invited Russian leader Vladimir Putin to the White House in April, has not commented on the incident.

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