That's not what you said. You argued that you have to be prepared to back up your threat and make it into action. I argued you don't necessarily have to be able to make it into action. And now you're basically agreeing with me "the THREAT of hard power" - not the REAL existing hard power. What matters is if your opponent believes that such a capability exists on your side, not if it does exist. There's a difference between threat and fact. Please try to follow the train of thought here if that isn't too much of an inconvenience for you.