I am reading this book.
I am reading more intensively than I have in recent years.
I am currently struggling with the task of "creating a virtual agent in a computer with a mind of its own".
"This is how I make Kennedy, McNamara, and Atchison in my computer"
I am amazed and amazed at the methodology.
Tomorrow, I will be able to move on to the page on how to run agents (algorithms).
Aside from that.
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In the book, seven options and five states that the United States could take at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis are described.
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Option 1: Do nothing
Option 2: Diplomatic Solution
Option 3: Maritime Blockade with Diplomatic Initiation Approach
Option 4: Maritime blockade with ultimatum approach
Option 5: Surgical air strike (pinpoint attack)
Option 6: Total Airstrike
Option 7: Invasion of Cuba
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State 1: Military conflict
State 2: Deployment continues
State 3: Missile destruction
State 4: Missile removal
State 5: Castro is ousted (assassinated)
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...and then I realized at the page
'What's the difference between Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the U.S. invasion of Cuba?'
Both are the same in that they both violate the sovereignty of other countries and invade militarily for the purpose (pretext) of homeland defense.
'What's the difference between a Russian missile strike in Ukraine and a U.S. bombing of North Vietnam, and in what way?'
It is the same in that it is a conspiracy to create a regime in another country that is good for one's own country.
(I believe that a similar use case could be made for the former Japanese military, but I am limiting myself to the "Cuban Crisis" in this case.)
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However, that does not "justify" or "offset" the current Russian invasion of Ukraine.
I think 'Russia or the U.S. are both to blame.
However, this time, as in the Cuban Missile Crisis, there is no "reason" that everyone can agree on, such as "nuclear missiles secretly deployed in Ukraine aimed at Russia," so I think that Russia has little (too little) "righteousness" to speak of.
If Russia had the equivalent of the EXCOMM conference convened during the Cuban Missile Crisis, the current Russian invasion of Ukraine might not have happened -- but who knows.
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At least there is at least one person in Russia today who is seriously considering the
"nightmare of NATO forces avalanche on the Russian border, targeting Russia's natural resources"
I myself honestly think, 'I can't say there is no such possibility.
If you look at history textbooks, you will see many such things.
In fact, I even believe that "that is all that is written in history textbooks".
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For example, if a vein of earth was discovered within Japan's domestic or territorial waters that could provide more than half of the world's energy,
"China, Russia, or the U.S. invades Japanese land or territorial waters"
I am convinced of that scenario.
I am willing to put my life on the line for this certainty alone.
Why?
I am not sure why, because as far as I know, there has been no exception to this in our history.