From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Wed Aug 14 2002 - 14:18:39 MDT
On Wednesday, August 14, 2002, at 12:54 pm, John K Clark wrote:
> <CurtAdams@aol.com> Wrote:
>
>> *threating* to invade is an old and time-
>> honored tactic which might do a lot of good
>> and carries no costs to the world, other than perceptions.
>
> One of many excellent points you make in your post, the wisest I've
> seen in
> this thread.
This merely trains the world that they should ignore us when we threaten
war. It trains our enemies to discount our warnings as mere
propaganda. It trains terrorists to ignore our military might because
it could be fake and we might not use it anyway.
As with most ideas that cost nothing, the real costs are merely delayed
or hidden.
-- Harvey Newstrom, CISSP <www.HarveyNewstrom.com> Principal Security Consultant <www.Newstaff.com>
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