Under the articles of confederation, why didn't the federal government enforce the laws? the states were the ones that enforced the national laws. there was no executive branch of the government. there was no national police force. there was no president.

Two gymnastics teams are intense rivals. the first team has started recruiting new gymnasts from different cities and even foreign countries in an effort to build a stronger team. after learning this, the second team begins its own recruitment campaign to find even better gymnasts. over a period of months, each team recruits dozens of players, each time trying to find a better recruit than its rival's most recent addition. which idea from the cold war is most similar to this scenario?