[rbg81]

It still stuns me that no one in power saw this coming from 1989-2016. Especially during the Clinton and Bush (I & II) years. It was as plain as the nose on anyone’s face and was totally ignored.

That being said, the threat assessment is always a bit of an exaggeration, designed to scare up funding. I remember the threat assessments when the USSR was still around. They were always 10 feet tall until they turned out to be midgets.

[indthkr]

"It still stuns me that no one in power saw this coming from 1989-2016."

It was seen, there were congressional hearings, but the conclusions and recommendations were mostly ignored.

For example, see the 1989 book "Made In America: Regaining the Productive Edge", MIT Commission On Industrial Productivity.