Grasping at Grace (and Growth)

Interesting. It kind of reminds me of the element of American foreign policy (and that of other major powers too, maybe? But it seems especially American) where the American defence establishment very deliberately wants to look a bit irrational and likely to react disproportionately to attacks, on the basis that it makes enemies less willing to attack in the first place - you don't know if America with throw an unreasonable tantrum so you don't try it.

NOT to correlate what Putin's doing morally with the States at all! But just in terms of the practical uses of being irrational.