I don't mean to argue against the logic behind the negative-feedback cycle of the security dilemma. The Madison quote was meant to indicate the historic preced

I don't mean to argue against the logic behind the negative-feedback cycle of the security dilemma. The Madison quote was meant to indicate the historic precedent for over extending oneself on the war front and the ways it has left the civil front critically vulnerable. However, today, in the electric age, there is no distinction between civil and military fronts.