yalor. in defence, deterrence, detente, diplomacy, deception, some say dalliance (oops), deals, and devil-worship are desired. all 6.9 of them. but when birds and animals display bright colors and erected plumes, it’s mainly to attract opposite sex for sex, although in some animals it can also be flaunted with aggression to ward off usurpers or challengers and predators (e.g. porcupine flaring its spikes, cobra enlarging its neck/head, gorilla beating its chest, bear standing on its hind legs). ok, why devil-worship? because in sg’s case, sg has to kiss america’s ass and suck cock not so much as to keep others in the region at bay but more to keep america around just in case shit hits the fan.