U.S. Releases New Counterterrorism Strategy: Calls on Europe to Strengthen Counterterrorism Measures
In its new counterterrorism strategy, the United States urges Europe to immediately strengthen counterterrorism measures in the region.
The document states: "Europe should immediately and significantly intensify its counterterrorism efforts."
The authors of the strategy also call on Europe to act as "the homeland of Western culture and values" and "halt its conscious decline."
The U.S. new counterterrorism strategy states that the U.S. cannot tolerate wealthy NATO allies in Europe becoming financial and recruitment hubs for terrorists.
The document says: "It is unacceptable for wealthy allies within NATO to become hubs for terrorism financing, logistics, and recruitment."
According to the U.S. new counterterrorism strategy, European countries within NATO remain key partners for the United States, but Washington believes these nations are both targets of terrorist threats and incubators of such threats.
The strategy identifies uncontrolled migration as a critical issue: due to weak border defenses and insufficient intelligence resources in Europe, the continent has become "a favorable preparatory environment for attacks against Americans and Europeans."
The new counterterrorism strategy indicates that the Trump administration views large-scale, uncontrolled immigration into Europe as having become a channel through which terrorists move freely.
The document states: "Large-scale, uncontrolled immigration has become a channel through which terrorists move freely."
Trump has consistently criticized European governments' immigration policies and called for corrective action. Previously, he stated that he believed the attitudes of European leaders toward energy and immigration issues were destructive to the region.
Source: sputniknews
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