National Security

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Interesting comments from the Washington Post's national security reporter, Dana Priest, in her blog today:

We have failed to come to terms with the limits of military power to alter political landscapes. The military is a tool that can buy political powers an opening, a reversal of the status quo, whatever. It cannot, cannot, cannot create political solutions.

Our strength--and ultimate security--is not derived from the actions of our CIA or military, its from our core values, of which human rights and the rule of law are central.
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