Commentary
Recall the expression: “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.”
An armed policeman marches through a 17-meter-high flower bed with the theme of "Wonderful Winter Olympics" at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Jan. 15, 2022. Lintao Zhang/Getty Images
Guermantes Lailari
Author
Guermantes Lailari is a retired U.S. Air Force Foreign Area officer specializing in counterterrorism, irregular warfare, and missile defense. He holds advanced degrees in international relations and strategic intelligence. He was a Taiwan fellow in Taipei during 2022 and is a visiting researcher at National Chengchi University in 2023.
