It's like I said -- it's an implied threat. Whether it really works or not isn't as important as whether we believe it might work. It's like with Gorbachev and Star Wars -- it wasn't anywhere near a reality, but Reagan made Gorbachev think it was real, and it's one part of what led to the end of the Cold War.
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