@wretchard, with an unlimited reprisals policy, defending a long stretch of pipeline might seem worth a try –esp if in service to an otherwise attractive strategy.

@fedya, yep, me too, behavior seems ever so slightly off logic, and therefore nervous-as-hell making.

@bobal, that’s it, of course –dunno why it’s hard to see –if our system negates their launch, they are suddenly wide open to ours. we need to be careful as hell here. If your car is getting repo’d tomorrow, you’ll want to run all your errands today.