Any suggestion of making them a bargaining chip unsettles those in Poland and elsewhere who doubt the durability of America's security relationship with Europe.
The metaphorical force of this conceit insisting on the artifice of the social world that frowns on rapture is not hard to grasp, but its frailty unsettles some of the actors.
Lashinsky says that on occasion, buying a new appliance for your home can pay off--if the one being replaced is so horribly out of date that it unsettles potential bidders.