Asia
Detailed Involvements
Events with rich location context
Asia is named by Toby as an example of a distant theater where the President might be asked to act; it functions as shorthand for geopolitical complexity and the scale of decisions about troop deployments.
Abstract and distant — a geopolitical reference that contrasts with the immediate street image C.J. proposes.
Referent for potential foreign intervention sites used in the policy debate.
Represents global theaters where moral obligations confront logistical and political limits.
Geopolitical region—access contingent on diplomatic/military decisions.
Asia is referenced as an example of distant theaters where the President might or might not go — serving as shorthand for geopolitical reach and the abstraction of faraway crises compared to immediate moral dilemmas.
Mentioned as remote and strategic — an abstract space of policy rather than immediate human drama.
Representative geopolitical reference used to broaden the debate beyond the local hypothetical.
Symbolizes the distance (geographic and psychological) between decision-makers and those affected.
Events at This Location
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In the dim, public space of Club Iota—Jill Sobule singing about imperfect heroes—C.J., Toby and Josh carry a private, urgent debate about humanitarian intervention. C.J. argues from moral duty and …
At Club Iota a pop song and a casual drink order frame a suddenly raw argument: C.J. forces the moral case for intervention—framing soldiers as "someone's kids" and arguing that …