War Planning Must Include Domestic Plans, Too
J. Michael Barrett
April 2, 2018
President Donald Trump’s recent personnel shifts have been described as the making of a war cabinet just as high-stakes negotiations (and negotiations about whether negotiations are worth it) are in the works involving both Iran and North Korea. It is no surprise, then, that in Washington today one can hear the beat of war drums growing louder. And yet even many of those who accept there may be good cause for risking war in either or both cases are rightfully concerned about these adversaries’ willingness to use non-conventional means such as cyber attacks or an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapon to take down so-called “soft targets†such as America’s power grid. But the drums are beating nonetheless, and that means improved preparedness at home is increasingly necessary. After all, if the government is taking steps that make the likelihood of war greater in the near term, shouldn’t it also raise the level of effort put into ensuring all reasonable steps are taken to protect the American people at home?
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