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power projection
(redirected from Projection of force)

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The ability of a nation to apply all or some of its elements of national power - political, economic, informational, or military - to rapidly and effectively deploy and sustain forces in and from multiple dispersed locations to respond to crises, to contribute to deterrence, and to enhance regional stability. See also elements of national power.
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It's certainly not for the projection of force in the national interest, heaven forbid; it's for the projection of narcissistic myths of moral virtue, which means explicitly not in the national interest but only in the service of some amorphous transnational one-common-denominator ineffectual mission approved by the UN.
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The extent to which this approach can work against terrorists is limited because, with terrorism, there is never a withdrawal of the effort (disengagement), and the projection of force into the homeland is problematic when it limits individual freedoms.
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