Making opponents afraid enough of retaliation that they do not dare attack.
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Deterrence
Making opponents afraid enough of retaliation that they do not dare attack.
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Inquisition precision is described as more effective than indiscriminate crusade violence because it identifies a minority, punishes them publicly, and makes resistance feel futile.
The pyramid creates external awe: an enemy who sees it as God on earth would be deterred from attacking Egypt.
Jiang defines Israel's disproportionality policy as using overwhelming retaliation to produce deterrence and make enemies afraid to attack Israel.
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"All right? But, you know, that was, that felt unjust and unnecessary. Right? So this was a much more precise, methodical way to figure..."
"They had their own faiths, right? So the point of this pyramid was to unite all these faiths into one singular object in the..."
"...throw a thousand rockets at you. And the idea here is deterrence, right? To make you afraid of Israel so you would not dare..."
"...more for our collective defense. In doing so, we will reinforce deterrence by denial so that all nations recognize their interests are best served..."
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