The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[innerSpaceman]

Talk is cheap. Saber rattling is just that. There are plenty of ways to communicate a serious threat that's not simply bluster, and that doesn't just serve to increase the level of aggression so that the threat becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy.

That takes a little more skill than saying you'd obliterate a nation of millions of people on national TV just to prove how "tough" you are.