There is much afoot in the world that increasingly challenges the security and the interests of the United Kingdom and her friends. The need for clarity in thought and forthrightness in addressing those challenges is ever more pressing. But is the cacophony of super-networked voices, and the multiplicity of media forms and outlets, drowning the means of constructing clarity and undermining our resolve to pursue any subsequent action? Prompted by a variety of issues raised by several correspondents, at various times over the last nine months, and in a departure from my usual form of editorial,…
