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April 24, 2006
There Are Many Nasty Players in the World Game
Robert D. Kaplan, national correspondent for The Atlantic, writes a provocative article on threats to the U.S. in yesterday's Washington Post. (WaPo)
We are entering a well-armed world, with more players than ever who can unhinge the international system and who have fewer reasons to be afraid of us. That's why a resentful state leader, armed with disruptive technologies and ready to make use of stateless terrorists, poses such a threat.....
We face a world of unfriendly regimes, even as our European allies are compromised by burgeoning Muslim populations and the Russians and Chinese deal amicably with dictators, because they have no interest in a state's moral improvement. Never before have we needed a more unified military-diplomatic approach to foreign policy. For the future is a multidimensional game of containment.
If you agree with his contentions, then it is no time for the U.S. to follow a single line of attack. We must diversify our offense and defense, employing every conceivable tactic. Conventional military options are not enough to stop new threats.
Posted by Chip Spear at April 24, 2006 5:06 PM
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