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That is what happened to the United States in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan, where mission creep allowed limited objectives to give way to murkier, more ambitious goals.
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Colin P. Clarke, Foreign Affairs, 5 Feb. 2024
But when launched in early June, Operation Peace for Galilee was immediately affected by mission creep and groupthink.
—Sarah E. Parkinson, Foreign Affairs, 14 Nov. 2023
Two of the likely consequences of mission creep would be great strains within NATO and greater desperation by Putin.
—Michael Krepon, Forbes, 2 May 2022
This is related to the concept of mission creep, which also describes the expansion of a project beyond its original scope.
—Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 11 Sep. 2023
The mission creep of replay review, though, may be nothing compared to what umpires now face in the 2023 season, which is shaping up to be the most transformational in M.L.B. history.
—Devin Gordon, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2023
Central bank mission creep appears contagious – Janet Yellen positioning the Fed as the ‘cure’ for long-term unemployment, Christine Lagarde as the solution to climate change, and the outgoing Bank of Japan Governor Kuroda positioning the BoJ to swallow the entire Japanese financial system.
—Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2023
But then mission creep set in.
—Ian Bremmer, Time, 20 Aug. 2021
Any system for entry can be used for exclusion, and the slippery slope of mission creep is an issue whether face recognition is deployed by a government or a private entity, says Albert Fox Cahn, executive director of the nonprofit Surveillance Technology Oversight Project.
—WIRED, 2 Feb. 2023
Colin P. Clarke, Foreign Affairs, 5 Feb. 2024
But when launched in early June, Operation Peace for Galilee was immediately affected by mission creep and groupthink.
—Sarah E. Parkinson, Foreign Affairs, 14 Nov. 2023
Two of the likely consequences of mission creep would be great strains within NATO and greater desperation by Putin.
—Michael Krepon, Forbes, 2 May 2022
This is related to the concept of mission creep, which also describes the expansion of a project beyond its original scope.
—Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 11 Sep. 2023
The mission creep of replay review, though, may be nothing compared to what umpires now face in the 2023 season, which is shaping up to be the most transformational in M.L.B. history.
—Devin Gordon, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2023
Central bank mission creep appears contagious – Janet Yellen positioning the Fed as the ‘cure’ for long-term unemployment, Christine Lagarde as the solution to climate change, and the outgoing Bank of Japan Governor Kuroda positioning the BoJ to swallow the entire Japanese financial system.
—Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2023
But then mission creep set in.
—Ian Bremmer, Time, 20 Aug. 2021
Any system for entry can be used for exclusion, and the slippery slope of mission creep is an issue whether face recognition is deployed by a government or a private entity, says Albert Fox Cahn, executive director of the nonprofit Surveillance Technology Oversight Project.
—WIRED, 2 Feb. 2023
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“Mission creep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mission%20creep. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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