Political Reflection Coefficients Actions and Responses

Sudden events create responses. How much the response will determine the reflection coefficient.
Some reflection coefficients are large and some are small.

Going to war will result in large reflection coefficient.

Examples:

Gulf of Tonkin  ,,,, Vietnam Reflection coefficient 1%  no opposition by public

Hitler war on Poland the Reflection coefficient is high

Iraq war Reflection coefficient high caualities in war ... lot of opposition

The Gulf of Tonkin Incident (or the USS Maddox Incident) is the name given to two separate confrontations involving North Vietnam and the United States in the waters of the Gulf of Tonkin. On August 2, 1964, the destroyer USS Maddox, while performing a signals intelligence patrol as part of DESOTO operations, engaged three North Vietnamese Navy torpedo boats of the 135th Torpedo Squadron.

A sea battle resulted, in which the Maddox expended over two hundred and eighty 3-inch and 5-inch shells, and in which four USN F-8 Crusader jet fighter bombers strafed the torpedo boats.

One US aircraft was damaged, one 14.5 mm round hit the destroyer, three North Vietnamese torpedo boats were damaged, and four North Vietnamese sailors were killed and six were wounded; there were no U.S. casualties.