Opinion: Is America preparing for the wrong war?
By Evan Thomas May 21 at 3:12 PM Evan Thomas is the author of “Ike’s Bluff” and “First: Sandra Day O’Connor.”
So I had an alarming, back-to-the-future sensation reading an article titled “How to Win America’s Next War” in the spring issue of Foreign Policy magazine. The article was written by Elbridge Colby, who was the lead Pentagon official in developing the 2018 National Defense Strategy.
Russia and China, again? Russia has increasingly played the role of malevolent spoiler, trying to disrupt democratic elections with trolls and bots. Meanwhile, China has been looking less and less like a global trading partner and more and more like a high-tech hegemon bent on domination by taking over global networks. Both nations are turning the Internet into a cyberconflict zone.
Churchill supposedly liked to say that America could be counted on to do the right thing after trying all the alternatives. The United States arrived late, but ultimately just in time, in World War I and World War II. But the reality of modern warfare, with longer-range missiles and cyberattacks, means that the United States needs to be able to fight Russian or Chinese aggression right away — to at least blunt their attacks and raise the cost.
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