<![CDATA[RealClearPolitics - Articles by John Arquilla]]>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/authors/?id=17510Author <![CDATA[US Not Prepared for Mumbai-like Terror Attacks]]> Sun, 21 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Iraq Strategy for a New Leader]]> Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600 On Jan. 20, Obama inherited an occupation characterized by greatly reduced levels of violence. If he pursues any policy that leads to ratcheting up the killing once more, Republicans are sure to point out that the disaster happened on his watch. This would seemingly confirm the stereotype about Democrats being less attuned to the demands of wartime strategy.

Just what might happen? The worry among military experts in both parties is that if Obama lives up to his campaign pledge of withdrawing a brigade a month, these reductions will be a signal to the terrorists and insurgents to sharpen their knives, set their bomb timers and ramp up the level of terrorism yet again.

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