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Re:Latvia wants permanent U.S. troops, foreign minister tell... by bushbaba on Monday March 07, 2022 @10:51AM (#30589204)
One could argue a crazy irrational leader is a better defense against the start of conflict than a rational leader
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Re:Latvia wants permanent U.S. troops, foreign minister tell... by 1986 on Monday March 07, 2022 @11:08AM (#30589456)
This was explicitly Nixon's approach, and it didn't really work at all

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madman_theory

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Re:Latvia wants permanent U.S. troops, foreign minister tell... by bushbaba on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @12:10AM (#30596650)
Got a great laugh that the 3 people mentioned are Nixon, Trump, and Putin.
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Re:Latvia wants permanent U.S. troops, foreign minister tell... by dragonwriter on Monday March 07, 2022 @10:55AM (#30589254)
> One could argue a crazy irrational leader is a better defense against the start of conflict than a rational leader

One could argue anything, but I don't think there is a good argument for that position. In fact, I think it's painfully obvious that such a leader makes it less likely that efforts at avoiding conflict will be successful.

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