The more governments that gather around America's tent, if not inside it, before a war (the reasoning goes), the less likely they will be to squabble over the rebuilding of Iraq afterwards.
Spearphishing, too, draws on traditional Chinese stratagems: "The Chinese strive to impel opponents to follow a line of reasoning that they (the Chinese) craft, " Mr. Thomas wrote in 2007.
Though I understand the reasoning behind such complaints, I would argue that a broader geographic space should (a) improve the ability of a host city to absorb a larger volume of visitors without causing congestion and (b) give visitors a greater variety of things to do and see during their stay.
My reasoning is that resource stocks have a very strong run (the materials sector was up 35.8% last year) while bank stocks appear to be close to fully priced.