Head of the Main Operations Directorate of the HQ of Russia’s Armed Forces Andrey Kartapolov (RIA Novosti / Vadim Savitskii)
Sputnik: US ‘Masterminds’ All Present-Day Military Conflicts – Russian General Staff
The United States and their allies have used military force more than 50 times over the past decade, with six US operations ending in local armed conflicts.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The United States is behind all recent and ongoing armed conflicts across the globe, a senior Russian General Staff official said Friday.
"The United States has single-handedly masterminded all military conflicts. Today the Western countries have positioned themselves as the main 'architects' of the international relations and the United States as the only superpower in the world," Lt. Gen. Andrei Kartapolov, the head of the General Staff's Main Operations Directorate, said.
Kartapolov added that the US role as the world's leading nation was part of US President Barack Obama's updated national security strategy, released in February.
Update: Washington started all modern military conflicts - Russia’s General Staff -- RT
WNU Editor: The Russian General Staff is giving the U.S. to much credit in being able to be the "masterminds" for all present day conflicts .... from my vantage point I see the opposite .... a U.S. that is inconsistent in policy while stumbling in many of the world's hotspots. And while the General Staff's Main Operations Directorate believes that the U.S. has defined its policy objectives and what should be its global role very clearly .... I do not see it .... in fact .... I find the White House is primarily reacting to events instead of initiating them.