"We have shied away from condemnation of state assassinations, of the mass murder of schoolgirls and the murder of sailors without a declaration of war. Where we see opportunity, such as getting a couple of tankers out, we will take it. We have no role in the larger making of peace or the reestablishment of a rules-based order because our creed is opportunism and that means not shaping the world but taking short-term advantage where we can".