“This is a path of dangerous escalation”
No shirt, Shylock.
There are any number of factions that WANT escalation, pretending it is “brinksmanship”. On the best day ever, confrontation and challenge are fraught with risk the other guy is willing to bluff and bluster through ANYTHING.
Strategy and tactics for how to deal with an enemy force are best summed up in the Sun Tzu “Rules of War”.
‘Strategy and tactics for how to deal with an enemy force are best summed up in the Sun Tzu “Rules of War”.’
Yeah, those are nice, but Sun Tzu couldn’t even conceive of nuclear weapons, so they are a bit outdated.