Strategic Patience: An Excuse For Timidity?
December 21, 2020Grant Newsham
Joseph Biden’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, retired General Lloyd Austin, is simultaneously praised and criticized for suggesting he believes in ‘’strategic patience†towards the People’s Republic of China (PRC). There are reasons for and against General Austin’s nomination, but his preference for strategic patience should not be one of the reasons against his nomination.
To paraphrase William Shakespeare, strategic patience is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.
Strategic patience is just a handsome way of saying sometimes it’s best “to hold your horses†– or take one’s time. And sometimes that is a good idea.
https://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/2020/12/21/strategic-patience-an-excuse-for-timidity/
