While the invader's tunnel is being built, all we get are distractions.
It used to be called subterfuge since the tunnels were built under the walls of the fortifications.
Now it is called getting the goods (bads) on the politicians.
The US was able to withstand and avoid a lot of enemies because of its physical distance. Now the enemies can poison the airwaves/internet and the flows of monies while sitting at their computers, across the planet and even within. And the US is so unused to being taken advantage of - it has always been in charge and the aggressor.
Bend over, comrades.