What mechanism does our unilateral reductions perform that you believe it increases our chances of success?

Yes, both actions are necessary because India, the US, and China are the bulk of the problem (in reverse order). Only one of those has seen ANY reductions in their emissions. Curious how do you think we should persuade or even force (They have relatively equal military power and superior economic power) China to comply?

You are mistaken. What I have said is that any policy that has its sole benefit to reduce our emissions is wasteful of current resources, until China and India indicate some potential willingness to reduce their emissions. However, clean energy efforts have a number of other advantages, such as reduction on foreign resources, corresponding increase in our own economy by keeping those resources internal, development of the infrastructure and technology that will have long term benefits when non-renewable fossil fuel supplies end... And I have already provided specific examples of climate related policies that are examples of the former (and the latter). Most notably the President's arbitrary decision to reduce coal in an effort solely to reduce our carbon emissions.

What is it you specifically disagree with and seem to believe is based on political ideology?