Grand strategy is the alignment of potentially unlimited aspirations with necessarily limited capabilities, and the alignment is made by sequencing over time rather than by trimming the aspiration: some ends are sought now, some deferred, and some treated as unattainable.

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  We resolve these dilemmas by stretching them over time. We seek certain things now, put off others until later, and regard still others as unattainable. We select what fits where, and then decide which we can achieve when. The process can be difficul

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  the alignment of potentially unlimited aspirations with necessarily limited capabilities. If you seek ends beyond your means, then sooner or later you'll have to scale back your ends to fit your means. Expanding means may attain more ends, but not al

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