BBCNEWS Newsday January 24, 2022 01:07:00
The threatened action has not occurred yet and deterrence is about issuing threats in the hope that the other side doesn't take action so until the action is taken, you do not fall through on those threats. that is the basic philosophy behind deterrence so, you know, implementing it now, you would lose any deterrent benefit that the threat would potentially generate. now, that having been said, i have to imagine that vladimir putin has priced in western sanctions, given the size of the operation he appears to be planning so even if the threats are quite specific and potentially quite significa...