Ashton Carter said...

Our view is that everybody ought to resolve those peacefully and not militarize those features.

DOD must now prepare for and seek to prevent the possibility of a conflict that extends into space, and we are.

China has and shares important responsibility for this development and has an important responsibility to reverse it.

I agree with you, also, about the Assad regime. It's a reason why Assad can't be part of the future of that country.