From The Heritage Foundation:
National Security
Counter-Terrorism as a U.S. National Security Priority
by Christopher A. Ford
Hudson Institute
December 14, 2010
Briefing Paper
Our current Counter-Terrorism posture is thus to some extent cynical, opportunistic, and tendentious, amounting more to a perception management game than to a wholesale reorientation of national policy. At the same time, and in its own fashion, it is also to some degree ambitious and high-minded. Whatever the odd admixture of these elements, however, it is far from clear how well the Obama Administration’s changes – such as they are – will actually help fight terrorism. Yet as long as the administration can avoid political damage from any perceived “weakness” in the face of terrorism, operational effectiveness may be beside the point.
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