People sticking their heads into the sand to avoid addressing issues proactively? A little bit.

I used to work with a peacekeeping organization. The issue was, we often couldn't do what we needed to for various reasons that amounted to a ton of red tape. The type of red tape that would result in an international incident, frustratingly.

[ jack's still.. being cagey about some of the exact details. ]

Didn't envy the guy in charge of it.