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2015-04-29 Government

Whack-a-Mole as Policy in Washington and How It Failed, 1990-2015

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Posted by Besoeker 2015-04-29 11:46|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 The Israeli "forced prevention" comparison is apples to oranges, a non sequitur. Their's is a true situation of policing limited, internal borders, not a macro-level, global war on terror.

Attempting to impact or thwart the evil deeds of an ideology with a membership in the single digit billions with a program of 'High Value Target (HVT)' engagement is a fool's errand. The math really isn't in your favour. You simply cannot get there from here. Can the engagement of HVT's coupled or in tandem with other offensive, counterterrorism strategies be successful? Yes it most certainly can. Hobbling the military and handing the HVT mission off to an intelligence agency is however, a recipe for failure.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-04-29 12:17|| 2015-04-29 12:17|| Front Page Top

#2 Agreed. It's a tactic applicable to a cold war. Unfortunately and ironically, it was banned as a tactic by the USG during the last Cold War.

Posted by Pappy 2015-04-29 13:25|| 2015-04-29 13:25|| Front Page Top

#3 Buffalo needs to enroll in Common Core math: 2015-1990 is not 14, per the text.

Posted by USN,Ret. 2015-04-29 20:24|| 2015-04-29 20:24|| Front Page Top

#4 Buffalo=Huffpo damn auto correct

Posted by USN,Ret. 2015-04-29 20:25|| 2015-04-29 20:25|| Front Page Top

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