My point is that we are doing the same thing, we are threatening people all the time, and here you are saying, we should drop a hint that a nuclear attack is possible. Thats not something you play word games with, and it comes across just as bad as threatening them.
I am not talking about dropping a hint. I am talking about not taking away a worry. There is a difference between threating to kill somebody and just refraining from saying you won't kill him.
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