Threat Vector question

Generally fiction writers are looking to entertain an audience rather than create accurate history. You can look at Clancy’s book sales to see how successfully he accomplishes that. If you are aching to read some America-is-the-bad-guy stuff, you can probably find it in some less popular fiction or from progressive nonfiction writers.

He could switch it up, but it's not like evil isn't out there.

I do think the villains could be a little varied though.

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I've always found Clancy's villains to be well thought out and realistic, if not very diverse in manner. It's very obivious that he's a conservative just by reading the books (the American villians that are present are pretty much exclusively Liberal), although some of his books wax the "conservative Americans are always right" belief less than others.

In my own writing (the Cyferverse series) I'm currently writing a sequel which will have some non-US characters, and the hardest part of that is toning down my own view and letting the characters themselves speak their minds,even if the Americans aren't portrayed as perfectly as I would like them to be. Simply because we aren't.

I noticed a similar xenophobia in the Die Hard movies where each edition featured a different foreign villain. Writers do bring their own world perceptions into their stories. Just as long as readers recognize that none of it is real, I can tolerate some political mongering, nut it has to be really low-key, if not subtle.

Have to agree with this, it was fair during executive orders and debt of honor but The Bear And The Dragon sent it over the edge. On the other hand, Clancy only bashes the EXTREMISTS of the countries he puts in the antagonist role. However, since Dead or Alive, he’s gotten less moderate and more pro American for better or worse

Clancy is a favorite for his adventure/suspense writing. I will say I liked the Jack Ryan, Sr. books more than the Jack Ryan Jr. series. My only dislike in his writing is the lengthy description of various weapons that come up in his books. I really don't need a 3-page description of a missile or airplane or any other military device.