US Must Overcome ‘Hubris’ And Prepare For Surprise: Experts
"The United States has been fighting weak and isolated regional adversaries for the last 25 years, and a result we have a very inflated view of how good we are," warned the study's lead author, Mark Cancian of CSIS.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. on February 21, 2018 at 4:00 AM
WASHINGTON: Even as a sniper shoots President John Doe at an open-air rally, a dozen commandos in civilian clothes are scaling the fence at Fort Myer just south of the Potomac. In minutes, they’ve stormed Officers’ Row and killed or wounded two-thirds of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, including the Chairman, in their homes. The team attacking the Naval Observatory is held off by the Secret Service while the Vice President escapes, but other agents catch the Secretary of State at dinner in Georgetown and leading legislators at a fundraiser. The attackers are all Asian, and in the context of the current Pacific crisis, fingers swiftly point to Beijing, but China blames a false-flag operation by Taiwanese ultranationalists. As the US’s disoriented new leaders are still struggling with how to react, the People’s Liberation Army begins a massive cyber and precision guided missile strike on Taiwan….
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/02/us-must-overcome-hubris-and-prepare-for-surprise-experts/
