Why did Kennan believe that “threats or blustering” would be ineffective in stopping Soviet aggression?

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Carl Boneri · Answer 1 · 2019-03-21T04:57:44+0000

The "threats or blustering" would create more anger, and maybe cause a war or a revolt which is not part of the plan he want to create with the Soviet Union.

Jaison Justus · Answer 2 · 2019-03-23T16:31:39+0000

Because the Soviet Union wasn't shy about losses. Threatened with what? Short of global thermo-nuclear war, what haven't they been through?

Threatening the Soviet Union was like waking a tiger...it just ends in pain.

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