OPINION — “Offensive operations, often times, is (sic) the surest, if not the only (in some cases) means of defence,” a retired George Washington, living at Mount Vernon, wrote to a former military aide in a letter back in June 25, 1799.
Unsuccessfully, attempts over decades to build a defense for the U.S. homeland against Russian or Chinese intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) seems to affirm George Washington’s centuries-old advice.
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