Do-goodism Gone Bad: The lesson of the U.S.S. Cole.

From: National Review | Date: November 20, 2000| Author: Bacevich, Andrew J. | Copyright information

The attack on the U.S.S. Cole underlines a key problem with U.S. defense policy: For almost a decade, we have deferred the basic-and necessary-reassessment of the role of U.S. military power in a post- Cold War world.

Senior U.S. civilian and military officials are doing their level best to avert any such reassessment. If they get their way, the Cole incident will remain simply a tragedy-the unwarranted death of 17 American heroes-instead of being recognized for its broa...

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