The New National Security Focus is Domestic

The New National Security Focus is DomesticThe new US National Security Plan focuses more on preventing homegrown acts of terror rather than attempting to eradicate terror worldwide. I have talked about this very issue in previous posts and I have expounded on many of the factors that I believe that this new directive also takes into account.

First of all if we believe that we can eliminate worldwide terror then we are living in a pipe dream. We will never eradicate terror or terrorists worldwide. If we continue to try to do so I believe that all that we will do is to continue to spread ill will around the world.

The native citizens of the countries that we go into don’t perceive us as a saviour but as an aggressor. They don’t know why we are there and they are fed a steady stream of propaganda against us.

We will go broke if we continue to try to take on terror organizations around the world. When we go into a country we cause the terror organizations to scatter into other countries. These scattered groups gain members and support in other countries which only increases the problem.

We need to use our overburdened military to focus on keeping terror out of this country. Our border with Mexico requires immediate attention. We can also use a scaled down military force along with existing government agencies to keep an eye on domestic terror cells.

Our military ring customers will be hard pressed to continue operations the way that they are going now. We need to free them up to focus more on National Defense rather than on chasing terrorists.