Today Hal Brands praised a new piece of legislation co-sponsored by Mitt Romney and a few other Senate Republican hawks. The so-called Strategic Act is notable for being long on hawkish proposals for what the U.S. should do in opposition to China, but it is not at all clear what it is meant to accomplish besides worsening relations and heightening tensions. If strategy is matching ends to means, hawks have been remarkably vague about what their goals are. They are pursuing a hostile policy for its own sake. It is a given that they are in favor of “competition,” but competition over what and for what purpose?
So Much for 'Creative Thinking'
So Much for 'Creative Thinking'
So Much for 'Creative Thinking'
Today Hal Brands praised a new piece of legislation co-sponsored by Mitt Romney and a few other Senate Republican hawks. The so-called Strategic Act is notable for being long on hawkish proposals for what the U.S. should do in opposition to China, but it is not at all clear what it is meant to accomplish besides worsening relations and heightening tensions. If strategy is matching ends to means, hawks have been remarkably vague about what their goals are. They are pursuing a hostile policy for its own sake. It is a given that they are in favor of “competition,” but competition over what and for what purpose?