Sooo when you use the prompt

Shutdown.exe -r -t 00

You would need the -f since we defined the timeout period as 0. Because:

If the timeout period is greater than 0, the /f parameter is implied.

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Not entirely sure if Vance was using the Europe angle as a strawman to voice his disapproval of bombing Yemen knowing that the rest of the administration hates Europe,

Yeah, unfortunately I think that dude is a lot smarter than we all give him credit for. Like Boris Johnson, his perceived idiocy makes him fly under the radar a lot of times, which makes them more dangerous.