T. Greer

@Scholars_Stage

Macrohistory, East Asian Strategic Thought, Modern China & SE Asia • Writes for the Scholar’s Stage • ចេះខ្មែរតែ • 也會中文

Joined March 2009

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    can't blame chilling effect on options being rejected for failing to come up with effective options

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    . the ONLY way to actually signal it is to impose costs. Without costs you are only signalling impotence.

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    Wrong way around. Balking is happening *because* floated options don't actually address the problem.

  4. . real benefits to action before you declare MORE ACTION IS NEEDED. There is no logical connection between "stronger

  5. . game. Every single time.FONOPS are a giant bluff & everyone in the region knows it. Without costs it means nothing.

  6. . the only tools at your disposal are the same sort of USN operations always being discussed, the Chinese win this

  7. . "the U.S. is great at posturing, but when all is said and done we hold the trump cards." Because they do. As long as

  8. . The only narrative they strengthen is one of impotence--the USA can rattle it's big stick around, but once the

  9. . escalation escalator to war (or just short ot if) or it can impose costs in other realms. More fly overs signal

  10. . they don't have to take it seriously. This is b/c they know that the U.S. has few options. It can move up the

  11. . solution signals nothing of value. It is bluffing, straight up. The Chinese reject the narrative because they know

  12. As an aside, this is probably the best thing I've read about the SCS this quarter

  13. . agree. Simple as that. No point hashing it out further. Neither one will convince the other.

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    . Yeah we disagree on basic operating assumptions. I don't believe in declaring an enemy 'til you have a plan to beat him. You dis

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    Paleontologists have rewritten the story of how dense, ancient forests turned to coal.

  16. Human sacrifice helped shape social hierarchy Sacrifice as state building

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    'The closer we are to victory, the more we must persist in fighting.' Poster from 's war with .

  18. Ok folks, I think it is officially time to stop using the phrase "skin in the game." That shark jumped two years ago

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