I have a kneejerk reaction to dislike virtually anything associated with the current administration, coupled with an understanding that escalation of actions as

I have a kneejerk reaction to dislike virtually anything associated with the current administration, coupled with an understanding that escalation of actions associated with war rarely leads to _less_ war. Yet, knowing that actually defending against a sufficiently determined, skillful, and (crucially) patient network adversary is virtually impossible, I'm unconvinced that this move is a bad one. In fact, it strikes me as the only realistic form of defense short of using actual physical force.