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minus-squareValmond@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoHaving the weapon is better than using it up IMO. So that the threat can be used more than once.
minus-squareStinkyFingerItchyBum@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoThe threat has to be credible to work. Not using it now means there is no weapon.
minus-squaresaimen@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoYeah you have to show its destructive power and that you dare to use it first to be a potent threat (see Hiroshima and Nagasaki).
Having the weapon is better than using it up IMO. So that the threat can be used more than once.
The threat has to be credible to work. Not using it now means there is no weapon.
Yeah you have to show its destructive power and that you dare to use it first to be a potent threat (see Hiroshima and Nagasaki).