CIA chief says Europe, US may never agree on security threats

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Source: AFP

WASHINGTON (AFP) — Europe and the United States may always differ in their views of the biggest global security threats and how to respond to them, CIA director Michael Hayden said Wednesday.

In a speech at Kansas State University, Hayden said this "key strategic relationship" had changed, noting that disagreements over Iraq and terrorism "have raised questions in recent years about the future of the alliance."

"I am confident that we will continue to work together on many tough global challenges, as we are today in bringing stability to Afghanistan and in efforts to deter Iran from developing nuclear weapons, for example," he said.

"But it is not yet clear when, or if, the United States and Europe will come to share the same views of 21st century threats as we did for the last half of the 20th century, and then forge a common approach to security."



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[jeff30997]

1. "Europe and the US may always differ in their views of the biggest global security threat"

That's true.Europeans are way more rational about all this than the US.

[FiveGoodMen]

2. Europe probably sees US as the greatest security threat.

I know I do.

[JasonBlatt]

3. It's all about energy security: www.energystate.org

Europe will continue to trod an independent path from the U.S...and it entirely has to do with energy security.

The U.S. oil elite actually believe they can stop / control scientific progress as it relates to alternative energy production - no joke - and basically keep the world stuck in an oil or scarcity of energy dependent dynamic.

The European elites, on the other hand, especially the continental Europeans led by the Germans believe absolutely the opposite. They see security through power distribution and through actually rolling out socialist power systems that will de link them and everyone else from oil - full stop.

It is the Europeans who are pushing for the Energy State ... www.energystate.org

One day the American people will realize they are being lied to...pure and simple...hopefully that day hurries up...