By targeting the chief, AT BEST Israel just promoted someone they don't know into the dead man's shoes—someone who knows he's in a fight for survival.
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@cstross @Gurre The worst nightmare I can conceive of that situation is a lot of commanders of the IRGC having envelopes with instructions to operate under the principle of inflicting the maximum possible damage to the enemy in the absence of orders from the top and continue the fight to the bitter end with whatever resources are at hand.
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@cstross
As has been the Israeli strategy vs Hamas: keep killing anyone who can negotiate.
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@Illuminatus @cstross
They are clearly going after the lands of countries that won't be able to actually fight back.
Not only snubbing the internationally recognized "1967" borders, but now looking to take southern Lebanon as well.
So far though: no moves at Egypt, Saudi, or Jordan. For they would be a very different ball game than Palestine & Lebanon.Which leaves Syria. another hornets nest Netanyahu and the whole far-right regime in Israel might go for messing up even more.
@Gurre @Illuminatus @cstross they just need living space!
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@cstross a terrible strategy if you want de-escalation. But if you want escalation- or even just keep the war moving along - it's a strategy that will work for that
I'm fairly certain that Israel wants all out war with Iran at this point, not a return to the status quo ante. Netanyahu has been wanting an all out war against Iran and its proxies for decades and finally has a US pres and SecDef that were dumb enough he could convince them to go along edt: and a secdef believer in the Rapture
@cstross edited bc I feel like Hegseths bring back Jesus religious beliefs that require Amageddon to happen in the ME are a good chunk of why this is happening at all. A different less religiously belligerent secdef and we wouldn't be doing this
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