The best way to side-step all this is to just withdraw from the GCIV. The US government has a tendency to stick with a treaty long after it has stopped being useful.
The purpose of a treaty is advancing the national interest. When that interest changes, then that treaty should be annulled. A fine example is the NPT. It was a good idea back in the day, but all it’s doing in the 21st century is assuring tyrants and despots build nuclear weapons while preventing democracies from having them. So it is disarming our allies and arming our enemies.
I have asked the Foggy Bottom crowd to explain that little bit of logic to me. They closed down their web site. Co-INK-see-dink, I’m sure.
If the GCIV is annulled, all sort of useful tools in the WoT become available. My favorite is having the CIA compile a list of Mosques that preach Jihad. Evertime there is a terrorist attack on ANY western interest, randomly select a mosque from that list and JDAM it during Friday sermon. Friday sermon is where that Jihad preachin’ Imam gets 75% of his income. He can spend friday morning watching the faithful flock (with their alms) to the non-jihad preachin’ Imam down the street.
Tit-for-Tat is a principal understood by everyone except our nuanced friends on the left.
