Defeating America’s Enemies

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Published: August 13, 2007
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Imagine the morning after an attack even more devastating than 9/11. It could happen. The threats are real and could literally destroy our country.

There are weapons of mass destruction, weapons of mass murder, and weapons of mass disruption—nuclear is first, biological and chemical is second, electromagnetic pulse (EMP) is third. All are real, and we are lulled into complacency by the fact that none is currently being used. But if any of them were used, the effect could be catastrophic.

Despite spending billions of dollars on our national security, we are still unprepared. Our intelligence capabilities are—at most—one-third the size we need. Consider that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has hundreds of thousands of hours of terrorist intercepts that have not been heard, much less analyzed, because there are not enough translators. Our intelligence community has been studying North Korea for nearly fifty years, yet we know almost nothing about the country.

America’s lack of preparation, however, should not discourage us or even surprise us. Americans have had to rethink and reorganize for every major national security challenge in our history. We must recognize that we have three objectives to achieve.

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One Response to “Defeating America’s Enemies”

Richardson on August 13th, 2007 6:18 pm

“Our intelligence community has been studying North Korea for nearly fifty years, yet we know almost nothing about the country.”

That’s not exactly accurate. The “almost” qualification is there, but in reality we do know a good deal about North Korea, though not relative to a lot of other targets and not in all the areas we need to. Also, knowing about a country and being able to use that knowledge to influence that country are very different but often confused.

The key to influencing North Korea is to exert pressure on China (e.g., threatening access to our markets) and even our so-called ally South Korea, something American leadership has not been willing to do.

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