Vance admits: The era of US dominance is over. We will use the military carefully

Under President Donald Trump, the United States will exercise caution in its decisions about the use of military force and will no longer engage in conflicts with open-ended time frames, Vice President J.D. Vance said Friday in a speech to graduating seniors at a military academy.

The Vice President noted that the United States faces threats from China, Russia and other countries and must therefore maintain its technological advantage.

"The era of unchallenged U.S. dominance is over," Vance added, speaking at the U.S. Naval Academy graduation ceremony in Annapolis, Maryland.

The vice president added that Trump's order to use force against Houthi rebels in Yemen ultimately led to a ceasefire in which the Iranian-backed group agreed to halt attacks on American commercial vessels.

"We have to be careful when deciding where to strike, but when we do, we will strike hard and decisively," he said.

Vance said some recent U.S. presidents had embroiled the country in conflicts that were not crucial to national security. He did not name names, but Reuters reported that his remarks suggested he was referring to George W. Bush, a Republican who launched interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan, and his successor, Barack Obama, a Democrat, who continued the war in Afghanistan.

The vice president assessed that for a long time, US foreign policy had placed "interference in the affairs of other countries, even if they had little to do with the key interests" of the United States, above defending the country and maintaining alliances. "There will be no more indefinite missions or conflicts of indefinite duration," he noted. (PAP)

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