Ex-CIA Officer: Trump May Draw US Into More Conflicts

Donald Trump has unveiled a new National Security Strategy (NSS) that calls for expanding US armed forces to a level of unrivaled power. The US President also vowed to keep a necessary American military presence in the Middle East to protect America and its allies from terrorist attacks and to preserve a favorable regional balance of power.

Former CIA Officer Philip Giraldi told Sputnik that US President Donald Trump's new national security strategy will create tempting tools for the president to launch more military interventions overseas.

"Giving the military more money when it already has too much is folly particularly as it will create a tool that any president will be tempted to use to solve problems overseas," Giraldi said.

The new strategy while relatively restrained in its detailed commitments had been expressed in nationalistic terms and rhetoric to...