| ▲ | UltraSane 3 hours ago |
| I think Israel is fighting for its survival against enemies that would absolutely destroy it if they could. |
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| ▲ | jcgrillo 18 minutes ago | parent | next [-] |
| Is that not true of literally every country on Earth? It's just a question of how they do it. |
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| ▲ | tastyface 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Is continuing to apply extreme violence against these enemies likely to lead to a good result? What is the end state? I think we are fast approaching an era where weapons of mass destruction, by way of cheap killbot swarms, are trivially accessible to any government. Without radical diplomacy, I fear the entire Middle East -- Israel included -- is on a path to annihilation. |
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| ▲ | steve-atx-7600 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | I think it can be as simple as if you defeat your enemy first, they can’t defeat you or continue to threaten you. | | |
| ▲ | wolvoleo 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | That only works against nation states. After what Israel have done in Gaza there's thousands of people who have lost family in a gruesome way and now have an axe to grind against Israel. This way it'll never stop. The best way to prevent terrorism is to not give people reasons to want you dead. Look at all the ethnic conflicts in the world. Like the troubles in Ireland. Did that stop because one side threw more bombs? No, it stopped because both sides agreed to talk. | |
| ▲ | tastyface 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Defeating an enemy to the extent that they can't drive a truck full of AI killbots into a busy city center is an impossible task barring a scorched earth approach. And if that option is on the table -- killing millions to secure Israel's future -- then Israel seals its fate regardless. Live by the sword, die by the sword. Old advice that continues to ring true. | | |
| ▲ | hollerith 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Non-Israelis also have people that can afford truckfuls of slaughter bots that would kill them if they could, so since Israel is cooked, we are all cooked, right? | | | |
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| ▲ | yongjik an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| A nation fighting for its survival doesn't randomly escalate by attacking a much bigger enemy. Instead, we frequently see it from dictators with a delusion of grandeur. |
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| ▲ | dogma1138 42 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | Iran attacked Israel directly twice, they are the ones which both escalated and miscalculated their position in the region. | |
| ▲ | UltraSane an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | | "randomly escalate"? You DO realize how absurd this is. Iran isn't exactly subtle about its hatred for Israel and desire to destroy it and funding of the "Axis of Resistance". | | |
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| ▲ | gravisultra 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Just like Nazi Germany. |
