Tag: Edward Luttwak

Lethal Consequences: The ‘Policy by Default’ That Defined Their War

In my research for Normal Channels: Blocked or Compromised, I uncovered the full 1985 comments from Dr. Edward Luttwak that formed the basis of the "Don't Blame the CIA" debate. This document is a brilliant contemporary diagnosis of why U.S. policy was a "policy by default" and how it led…