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<p>It would not be the first time in our nation’s history where one part or another was out of sync/phase with pending changes especially when those changes are advanced by competing interests or entities, sometimes from within the same organization. </p>
<p>One of the things I found most amusing during my time of public service was the assumption on the part of many, constituents and press that things happen in government through the close cooperation and the coordination of efforts, including those that involve so called “conspiracies”. In reality, most things happen as often without any such control and communications between responsible agencies; officers etc. and most conspiracies were in fact conspiracies of incompetence rather than the malicious contrivance of events that some think makes for good press. </p>
<p>Though I have read little about it, I have to say this approach is a somewhat refreshing change from the “bomb them into the stone age” approach we’ve seen in the past. Our safety as a nation will never be secured by our ability to use force at will. Deterrence may work for nations with assets at risk, it’s doesn’t have any impact on the behavior of terrorists.</p>