RE: https://masto.ai/@WellsiteGeo/116295938819935650
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.
At worst? The Iranian defenses will keep running on rails with nobody in a position to hit the "stop" button.
Decapitation strikes are a TERRIBLE strategy—they leave no way for your adversary to de-escalate.
@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
Charlie Stross
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