Sullivan and Reihan on Open Source Militias

On using open source militias in a strategy of delay. Andrew Sullivan notes:

The obvious benefit of this strategy is that it allows us to do more with less, and avoid the financial and human hemmorhaging of a permanent occupation of a place like Iraq, where nation-building seems increasingly a quixotic exercise.

Reihan follows the money to determine whether this concept is doomed even before it gains traction:

Consider the logic of the anti-China drumbeat, which makes little sense when we think of China as a poor, vulnerable country but rather more when we think of it as an opportunity for defense contractors.