While America indulges in an asylum-worthy, self-destructive political struggle, largely unheralded changes are quietly shaping its destiny. Rapid advances in military technology, and the shifting correlation of forces among the U.S., China, and Russia, do not augur well. Our military deficiencies remain largely unaddressed, but rather than seeking remedy we are adjusting doctrine to accommodate them. This, the martial equivalent of Pat Moynihan’s “defining deviancy down,” is potentially as dangerous as the weakness it is intended to compensate.
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