David Ignacius

said

in an article

in the Washington Post that US President Joe Biden took office with a promise to reform a torn country and begin to heal its differences and defections after what he called an ideological civil war waged by "his twice-isolated predecessor," Donald Trump, who will be absent from the inauguration ceremony "Rudely."

The writer believes that the fundamental challenge Biden will face is to root out the roots of the insurgency in the country, coinciding with the issuance of executive orders after his inauguration related to immigration, climate change, dealing with the Corona virus pandemic, and a host of other internal problems.

He advises the president to prioritize the issue of insurgency to see how far it has penetrated the military and law enforcement agencies.

He adds that senior military officials told him that they had already identified 30 active military service members, National Guard forces and veterans who were believed to have participated in the storming of "Capitol Hill" on January 6.

Detection and awareness

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, had begun consulting with army commanders about new programs to verify the resumes of the recruits and their posts on social media, and to make them better aware of the tasks assigned to them, and to reveal those of them who believed in ideas inciting disobedience in order to remove them.

According to the article, militaries highly value the values ​​of loyalty and discipline, but at the same time they are the embodiment of the larger society emerging from it.

And when politics is "fragmented" and dismembered, rebellious ideas sometimes spread among the military, like cancer.

The writer says that he noticed this in the armies of Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, and 6 countries in Africa and South America.

And extremist groups are sects and bored - the writer says - they recruit individuals who suffer from crises on the personal level, and then they turn into extremists.

Goofs and Fools

To get an idea of ​​the rampant feelings of insurgency, the author sought an answer from a CIA paramilitary officer loyal to Trump.

In response to the writer's question, that officer said that the rioters who stormed the Capitol "are mostly idiots who live in a fictional world with their Facebook accounts."

And the Biden administration, in light of the prevailing political climate, should consider adopting a "completely revolutionary" approach in dealing with the insurgents ’extremists, by listening to the other side, in the words of the Washington Post article.

The writer cited the ancient Greek historian Thucydides, who said that wars do not break out because of fear and self-interest alone, but rather are the product of mysterious feelings that we describe as pride and dignity.

Continuing to that statement, the author of the article believes that any attempt to ignore such feelings that afflict almost half of Americans will lead to a miserable end, as described.

From today, the United States will enter a new era with Biden, who will face the challenge of combining "strictness and tolerance."