Outside View: America strikes out

Outside View: America strikes out
Washington (UPI) Jun 19, 2013 - Using a baseball metaphor, in the field of national security, when the United States comes to bat, it often starts with 2 1/2 strikes against it. Strike 1 is the chronic tendency to misinterpret, distort and even invent threats often for politically expedient reasons. Strike 2 is the failure to address the question of "what next?" once crucial foreign or national security policy ... morehttp://www.spacewar.com/reports/Outside_View_America_strikes_out_999.html