Word: expect
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Jefferson could not only hold two contradictory ideas in his head, he could also act on both. Here, after all, is the great champion of small, limited government perpetrating the Louisiana Purchase, arguably the grandest exercise of extra-constitutional Executive power in American history. But what else should we expect from the founder whose great vision of America was the Empire of Liberty, as profound an oxymoron as political theory can provide...
...potential adversaries are carefully studying the lessons of Allied Force, and they will no doubt reduce their vulnerabilities while seeking some advantage over us. Expect improved air defenses and better air cover, camouflage and deception--more military assets hidden in hotels and schoolhouses or buried deep for protection. And these states will be seeking their own deterrent in the form of longer-range missiles with chemical or biological warheads as well as terrorist and cyberattack capabilities. Pentagon strategists call that kind of warfare asymmetric--which means that even small nations with the right weapons and technologies will be able...
...these circumstances, or when the vital interests of Western nations are at stake, the restraints of Operation Allied Force may not apply. Despite their aversion to risks and casualties, most Western nations will, if necessary, be politically capable of waging intense, highly destructive warfare. Expect nations to use most of the weapons at their disposal, including ground forces, and to take greater risks. There may be deep helicopter-borne assaults, fierce night attacks and sweeping armored maneuvers, all supported by highly lethal area weapons and long-range precision-kill capabilities. Political constraints will be relaxed, and control of the actions...
...could customer service get any worse than it is now? People just barge into restaurants and stores, all full of themselves, and expect you to drop everything to tend to their demands, never mind if you happen to be in the middle of a conversation, or talking on the telephone, or listening to the radio or having a bad day. And if they don't get what they want, or they claim there's something wrong with whatever they got before, they start carrying on as if it were your fault or there were anything you could do about...
Wait--customer service, you mean as in providing service to customers? Why should anyone expect that? Service people and their customers are becoming increasingly indignant with one another, and they're punishing one another's rudeness by becoming increasingly ruder back. What reason is there to suppose that the downward spiral in behavior will reverse direction...