Warning of a slippery slope toward continual or widening conflict and instability across the globe, the group of ten former CIA and Pentagon honchos argue that the White House risks setting a precedent other countries, including US antagonists like Russia, might be tempted to follow. What we dont want to have happen is sort of sleepwalk into a new normal where all of a sudden its totally common to be launching strikes of any kind all over the world—and now everybody else is doing it too beacuse we set the norm, panelist Janine Davidson, who served as deputy assistant secretary of defense in the Obama administration and is now a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, told me in an interview.
Posted on: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 00:06:21 +0000
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