U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford speaks at the Halifax International Security Forum in Halifax on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018. Dunford says it’s problematic that American tech companies don’t want to work with the Pentagon but are willing to engage with the Chinese market. (Darren Calabrese /The Canadian Press via AP)
WASHINGTON: The top US general said on Dec 7 that it was "inexplicable" that technology giants like Alphabet Inc's Google did not want to work with the Pentagon even as they seek out business with China, where companies have less freedom than in the United States.
"We are the good guys and it's inexplicable to me that we would make compromises in order to advance our business interests in China where we know that freedoms are restrained, where we know that China will take intellectual property from companies," Marine General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said during an event.
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