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Strategic flexibility means the actor with the most options and the most flexible strategy usually wins the fight.
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Strategic flexibility means the actor with the most options and the most flexible strategy usually wins the fight.
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"...flexibility is, in a fight, the person who has the most options, the person who has the most flexible strategy, will usually win the..."
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"...you ship your oil around the world? Well, you have two options. I'm just going to build railways to unite the Eurasian continent, okay?..."
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"If the Russians were involved, that negates that option. So if the Russians get involved in this war, they bring in the Chinese, they..."
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"...health but our wealth as well. Okay, so we have two options, Steve Keen, finally. One is a global, a global depression over the..."
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"...in the United States, right? So Trump has a lot of options. And he's a reality TV star. So he's really concerned about, you..."
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"...uh, you are in a very tough pickle, right? Because, um, option one is that you want the United States to leave the, uh,..."
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"...larger operation for the world. Um. So those are your two options. And they're not great options, but option two, it's a better payout..."
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"...are you going to get the other 50%, 60%, okay? Your options are very limited. If Iran is at war, can't give you any..."
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"...with nations choosing to opt out of your system, now your option, now your strategy is to blockade them, right? Create a naval blockade,..."
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"...one side and you're on the other side So the other option now is Israel okay?"
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"...Where to begin? What opening? Thoughts racing, here, there, probing his options, turning to this plan, that plan, torn in two until, at his..."
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"...means being near Aeneas. And ultimately, she decides, no, my only option is to die, okay? All right. So she is contemplating killing herself...."
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A source-grounded reading of Jiang’s law of escalation: the actor with the biggest weapon can still lose if the weaker actor has calibration, legitimacy, options, and a way to make the bully destroy himself.
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