Source: Global Times
"General Nick Carter: 'Russia is a serious threat, and managing it well is the top priority on my list.'" The British "Daily Telegraph" recently published an exclusive farewell interview with Nick Carter, the top general of the British Army and the chief of the British Defence Staff, on this topic.
Nick Carter, the british top general and chief of the British Defence Staff, is outside the headquarters of the British Ministry of Defence
In an interview, the outgoing Carter recalled the "dramatic changes" in Britain's national security threats during his eight-year tenure, saying that the threats facing britain today are no longer the kind of "traditional threats", such as unconventional means such as cyberattacks. In the interview, Carter highlighted the "Russian threat", but the British media deliberately carried China, claiming that "the Russian-Chinese threat is replacing religious extremism as the main national security priority of the (British) government".
Carter said in an interview: "I took office in the summer of 2014 when we were arguing whether the threat came from violent extremism or Russia. [But] at that stage, the rhetoric of violent extremism (the greater threat) almost triumphed. He went on to say: "In 2018, the Skripal family in Salisbury was attacked and it was clear that Russia was the most serious threat to our country. ”
Commenting on the national security threats facing britain today, Carter said: "The threats that emerge today are not the kind of traditional threats; rather, I call it a gray area of activity where opponents see the world as an ongoing struggle where all the tools of power are available as long as they don't spark a hot war." ”
On the subject, the Daily Telegraph referred directly to China and tied china to Russia, saying: "Threats like Russia and China are replacing religious extremism as a major national security priority for the (British) government, which has prompted Nick Carter to carry out the most thorough overhaul of Britain's combat capabilities since the end of the Cold War." ”
Carter had previously issued a similar warning, claiming that "the risk of an unexpected war between the West and Russia is higher than during the Cold War." In an interview with Thames, he said, "I just think we live in a more competitive world than we did 10 to 15 years ago. I believe that competition between countries and between great powers leads to greater tensions, and that escalation of tensions must be taken into account. "Now, we're entering a more multipolar world where people compete for different goals and different agendas, so tension is more likely to lead to [conflict]."
The "China threat" rendered by the British media has recently been frequently hyped by some Western countries. The spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry has repeatedly said that this fully exposes the Cold War mentality and ideological bias, and also runs counter to the trend of peace, development and cooperation in the world today.
For Carter's remarks, Russian TELEVISION Today quoted Blokhin, an expert at the Security Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, as saying on the 28th that at present, Western countries are not only trying to describe Russia, but also trying to describe China as a new "evil country." This is mainly because Russia and China are seen as obstacles to world domination by Western countries. (Suo Yanqi, Liu Zhi)