Commentary
Turf warfare. It’s one of the most destructive and debilitating activities in any enterprise. Government is no exception.
Indeed, the government may be the area where it is the most destructive and debilitating. The consequences are manifested in harm to the national interest.
Myopic approaches, stove-piped considerations, protecting or desperately trying to increase your “kingdom” at the expense of the overall well-being of the enterprise or task at hand, reflect immaturity in the players.
When the government’s ministerial portfolios and departments are allocated and the distribution of responsibilities occurs, there is the posturing, the elbowing, and chest-puffing (you name it) as the players try to increase their sphere of influence….