Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

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<I cannot see what strategic goals are met by such a state of war.>

Will you not agree that the spoken declaration postpones indefinitely the implied action?
More importantly, it did NOT stop us from buying their oil or having them over for dinner.(g)

The "double-bind" theory of giving contradictory messages and thus breaking down psychological discrimination levels, is alive and well in foreign affairs.