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A comment on Ex-CIA Officer Suspected of Compromising Chinese Informants Is Arrested. Parent comment

Re:Ex-CIA Officer Suspected of Compromising Chinese Informan... by saagarjha on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @10:39PM (#16165275)
It's interesting that you've mentioned "America" twice in this sentence. What are your thoughts on this if it was another country?
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Re:Ex-CIA Officer Suspected of Compromising Chinese Informan... by QAPereo on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @11:04PM (#16165376)
Is it really news to you that life, politics, and international relations have tribal and competitive aspects to them? You can be superrational, but that will cause you to lose horribly to the rest of the players. Unless you believe that China would be especially magnanimous in reversed circumstances, what is your point?
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Re:Ex-CIA Officer Suspected of Compromising Chinese Informan... by beisner on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @01:07AM (#16165835)
Being superrational would allow you to predict the irrationality of the irrationality of other players, and update your strategy accordingly.
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