He also pointed to a new tripwire saying: "People will be looking at Mariupol as the next potential flashpoint, and if that were to happen I think the argument for further action would be overwhelming.
THIS week, Google, a secretive private firm that is also the world's favourite internet search engine, reached a regulatory tripwire that forces firms with more than 500 investors to disclose almost as much information as firms listed on America's stockmarkets do.
The main remaining tripwire may be the hostility of Mr Klaus.Or it may not.
However, the treaty fails to spell out whether America would help defend Philippine-claimed territory if it was also claimed by China.In this section Agreement, at last Rocket salad Shoal mates A game of leapfrog Steppe in an ugly direction Middle class, centre ground A fly in the ointment ReprintsIn this way, America keeps China guessing as to where the tripwire for armed conflict is buried.
The implication is clear: foes will have to reckon with a tripwire force that will trigger a response from the whole alliance.
Even though Ukraine is on Europe's doorstep, it is America that has put a tripwire force on the ground.
It would have many nationalities, to deliver a political message, but not too many teeth, so as not to provoke Russia.It would be, in effect, a smaller version (perhaps 1,500-strong 1,500-strongof-defuNATOAllied Command Europe Mobile Force-Land, a brigade-sized force (about 5,000 soldiers) whose role was to act as a tripwire in the cold war.
Diplomats say threats have even been heard from lower-ranking Chinese officials that China might sell off American Treasury bills if Washington angers China on Tibet; a meeting between Mr Obama and the Dalai Lama, for example, could be a tripwire.
A pair of noisy Amur falcons nests in an oak on the escarpment.A border guard grumbles that the only tourist in weeks has set off her tripwire.
There were also a shortage of stakes for the tripwire, the device's trigger and tripwire itself - as well as mines to be situated around the perimeter of the camp site.
It is a dangerous position when there is a meaningful tripwire and an adversary doesn't know about it.
