Scott: U.S. Military Needs to Be Ready for War on Three Continents

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Scott: U.S. Military Needs to Be Ready for War on Three Continents

ATLANTA—Republican presidential candidate Sen. Tim Scott (S.C.) called for an increase in military spending on Friday, saying that the U.S. military needs to be able to simultaneously go to war with Russia, Iran, and China. "If we cannot engage in conflict on three different continents at the exact same time our military isn’t prepared," said Scott, speaking at the Gathering, a conference hosted by conservative commentator Erick Erickson in Atla…