... one would think that a simple adjustment to one web's configuration would create enough damage to the trust at the heart of the web, ultimately dissolving the web. Then, one would simply mobilize all effective capabilities, be it their own military or the combined efforts with others, to engage and eliminate the exposed target.
For example, revealing that a nation which opposed you for some time actually has questionable ethics towards both it's people and it's defeated enemies would shatter the trust developed and hence, crush the web system. These conflicting webs are very difficult to sustain. Just ask Switzerland in world war two. If anyone made one move to discouraging the theory that the swiss were neutral, the rumor would engulf them like a wild fire.
The treaties go bump in the night
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... one would think that a simple adjustment to one web's configuration would create enough damage to the trust at the heart of the web, ultimately dissolving the web. Then, one would simply mobilize all effective capabilities, be it their own military or the combined efforts with others, to engage and eliminate the exposed target.
For example, revealing that a nation which opposed you for some time actually has questionable ethics towards both it's people and it's defeated enemies would shatter the trust developed and hence, crush the web system. These conflicting webs are very difficult to sustain. Just ask Switzerland in world war two. If anyone made one move to discouraging the theory that the swiss were neutral, the rumor would engulf them like a wild fire.