I will not tolerate an inflatable truck…. gap
I see the Patterson School has engaged in provocative and bellicose rhetoric to try and cow the Fletcher School and other policy schools into more docile behavior — under the guise of claiming that they are only acquiring “defensive” weapons. I see that Georgetown has treated this threat as nothing more than empty bluster. They are ...
I see the Patterson School has engaged in provocative and bellicose rhetoric to try and cow the Fletcher School and other policy schools into more docile behavior -- under the guise of claiming that they are only acquiring "defensive" weapons. I see that Georgetown has treated this threat as nothing more than empty bluster. They are likely correct. However, such rhetoric cannot be tolerated without consequence. I therefore propose ending this mine-shaft gap mobilizing the defensive alliance among APSIA schools (thank God that Patterson is not a member) and that we pool our resources to revive supremacy in our inflatable air power.
I see the Patterson School has engaged in provocative and bellicose rhetoric to try and cow the Fletcher School and other policy schools into more docile behavior — under the guise of claiming that they are only acquiring “defensive” weapons. I see that Georgetown has treated this threat as nothing more than empty bluster. They are likely correct. However, such rhetoric cannot be tolerated without consequence. I therefore propose ending this mine-shaft gap mobilizing the defensive alliance among APSIA schools (thank God that Patterson is not a member) and that we pool our resources to revive supremacy in our inflatable air power.
Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and co-host of the Space the Nation podcast. Twitter: @dandrezner
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