But "save the rest" falls short as a strategy against foes such as Mr Putin, who might view it as an incentive to keep reducing that salvageable remainder.To be credible, strategy needs a full tool-box, for "diplomacy without arms is like music without instruments" as Frederick the Great said.
Yet to be credible Rahul needs to show a much surer touch.
In an attempt to be as reasonable as possible, I replied: "For the target of the government budget primary surplus to be credible and realistic, it needs to be consistent with our overall policy mix.
I think that any change, for it to be credible, needs to be tested," he told BBC Radio 4's The World this Weekend.
The Dutch minister said that "in order for the contingency measures to be credible, they need to be legislated" and the IMF also said it wanted to see them passed into law.
"In order to be credible, the pastor needs to lead the congregation in contributing and thus, must himself be on the frontline and cutting edge in giving".
The report, to be credible, would need to be well focused, with a clear terms of reference, much like his report on the death of Dr David Kelly.
As with end-to-end encryption protocols, for example, it's clear that for any technical audit solution to be credible DeepMind would need to open it up entirely — publishing detailed whitepapers and fully open sourcing all components, as well as having expert outsiders perform a thorough audit of its operation (likely on an ongoing basis, as the infrastructure gets updated/upgraded over time).
To be credible, these will need to involve at least some help from non-NATO Sweden and Finland.
It's natural that to be credible you also need to be critical.
