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Diplomacy is war along different conic sections:
one follows lines & parabolas; the other tends to be hyperbolic, elliptical, or circular.
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hm wait idgi, what are the handles on that metaphor? like, if I rotate the plane the wrong way I get war?
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Yes, the last 3.
The parabolas are literal trajectories (real or planned), & "line" is overloaded military jargon.
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