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You are making a common strategy-analysis mistake - 'my escalation will force my enemy to deescalate in fear' but in reverse ('my enemy's escalate will force my side to deescalate in fear').
But - read theory and drink! - as Clausewitz notes, it is not so, escalation begets escalation.
But - read theory and drink! - as Clausewitz notes, it is not so, escalation begets escalation.
January 12, 2026 at 9:37 PM
You are making a common strategy-analysis mistake - 'my escalation will force my enemy to deescalate in fear' but in reverse ('my enemy's escalate will force my side to deescalate in fear').
But - read theory and drink! - as Clausewitz notes, it is not so, escalation begets escalation.
But - read theory and drink! - as Clausewitz notes, it is not so, escalation begets escalation.
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“if you don’t say it with expertise, someone else will say it without expertise” - @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social #aha2026
January 9, 2026 at 3:13 PM
“if you don’t say it with expertise, someone else will say it without expertise” - @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social #aha2026