Failure Factor #3:
The danger of a country falling
victim to both #1 and #2 above, at the same time, in relation to any other
country, and therein magnifying the impetus to war.
When this happens the cumulative impact is to exert pressure on a country to
stand behind its prior words and actions. The effect can be so great as to
make the case that nothing short of war will suffice as a means of making
the point to the world that “we mean what we say”.