Charlie Stross4d ago

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.

Show threadBashStKid

@cstross They don’t want even the risk of de-escalation. Just continuous destruction from behind our shield until the country is a ruin for decades.

This is why Trump’s babbling is irrelevant, Israel will carry on murdering until they run out of our weapons or our shielding them.

Mar 26 at 4:41pmWeb