Consequently, should war break out anytime soon, many thousands of Americans to say nothing of the citizenry of other, friendly Middle Eastern nations may be needlessly sacrificed on the alter of a bizarre theory of deterrence which holds that only the utter inability to defend oneself will prevent an attack.
Putting a manager great at, say, optimizing prices into a company that's all about new ideas can consequently destroy the competence of both the company and the manager.
Each has consequently eschewed the gradual and the modest the unglamorous improvements that might have better prepared, say, Staten Island, for a dangerous storm.