Steven writes about a human phenomena - wait and see. Liberal democracies are hard to get in motion on emerging threats. The US Defense Dept is a microcosm of this challenge. I was one of those folks who puttered along the halls of the Defense Department for over two decades, working to make the Cold War-era system work as hijackers lined up commercial airliners full of innocent Americans. Russia, China, N Korea learned from 9/11. Use proxies and nibble us to death - whether it is nerve poison on door knobs (UK), observation balloons (US), incendiary devices on commercial planes (Germany, UK), now actual Russian mercenaries crossing into the US. We are past the time when we need to start playing dirty. From 2004-2006 (28 months) I was the Director of Counterterrorism Policy. Believe me, we know how to play dirty...just let us loose.
Steven writes about a human phenomena - wait and see. Liberal democracies are hard to get in motion on emerging threats. The US Defense Dept is a microcosm of this challenge. I was one of those folks who puttered along the halls of the Defense Department for over two decades, working to make the Cold War-era system work as hijackers lined up commercial airliners full of innocent Americans. Russia, China, N Korea learned from 9/11. Use proxies and nibble us to death - whether it is nerve poison on door knobs (UK), observation balloons (US), incendiary devices on commercial planes (Germany, UK), now actual Russian mercenaries crossing into the US. We are past the time when we need to start playing dirty. From 2004-2006 (28 months) I was the Director of Counterterrorism Policy. Believe me, we know how to play dirty...just let us loose.
I love it! John, you and I need to talk more!