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I think it was Truman who said “Speak softly but carry a big stick”. They have to see the stick for it to have any diplomatic effect. Then there was Reagan who
by CodeWriter23 3y ago
I think it was Truman who said “Speak softly but carry a big stick”. They have to see the stick for it to have any diplomatic effect.
Then there was Reagan who collapsed the Soviet Union with a mostly bullshit space defense initiative called “Strategic Defense Initiaitive”, aka Star Wars and SDI. That proved if the enemy believes the stick exists you don’t need to actually have the stick.
- zabzonk 3y ago> I think it was Truman who said “Speak softly but carry a big stick”. Theodore Roosevelt, actually.
- MR4D 3y agoReagan (or , at least his advisors) was essentially following Moore’s Law in the SDI effort. He knew that computers were getting faster at an increasing rate and the Soviets couldn’t catch up. Same thing happened in the space race in the 1960’s where the Russians had to build huge rockets because they didn’t have the miniaturization capabilities of the US.