A few ways you scare guys away? Then I expect you likely will not be found lacking for scare tactics. Without intending to be offensive, my first thought upon reading the list was this quote from Churchill: "I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma; but perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest."

But then, if you do not protect yourself, who will?