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Diplomatic Deception: The Calm Before the Firestorm
by Chris Floyd
But of course they don't care about governing, coherent policies, etc. What they care about are loot and dominion. The only way they know how to get it is through strong-arm Mob tactics: you threaten the mark, and if he doesn't pay up, you beat him or kill him. (Actually, it is a pretty coherent policy after all: the logical consistency of a thug.) Thus this new "quiet" is in some ways even more dangerous than the bellicosity of old.