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A draft of the new counterterrorism strategy penned by the Trump administration seeks to lay more of the burden on America's allies, but is vague on the question of how, Reuters reports, citing the document.
The 11-page document
reviewed by the news agency is meant to replace its predecessor, which was produced by the Obama administration shortly after US troops killed terrorist leader Osama bin Laden in 2011. While the new policy paper seems to be in line with Trump's "America first" motto, it also appears to clash with some of the moves announced or taken by his government.
"We need to intensify operations against global jihadist groups while also reducing the costs of American 'blood and treasure' in pursuit of our counterterrorism goals," states the document, which is expected to be released in coming months.
"We will seek to avoid costly, large-scale US military interventions to achieve counterterrorism objectives and will increasingly look to partners to share the responsibility for countering terrorist groups," it says.
Comment: The woman (?) just can't let it go. That memoir is sure to be a litany of blame-shifting to anyone and everyone except herself. How many of her staff will be thrown under the bus?