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Re:Saudi Operatives Who Killed Khashoggi Received Paramilita... by rjzzleep on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @05:43AM (#27602603)
One of the teachers at a major Israeli military university claims that Israel is intentionally acting like a mad dog i.e. willing to take down the rest of the world with them should they go down, and that most European capitols are a target for their airforce. Whether that's rhetoric or reality, I don't think anyone intends to find out.[0]

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/sep/21/israelandthepa...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_van_Creveld

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Re:Saudi Operatives Who Killed Khashoggi Received Paramilita... by ashtonkem on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @09:14AM (#27604176)
I genuinely doubt the Israeli Airforce could take on the rest of Europe. There are a lot of warplanes patrolling the Mediterranean Sea.
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Re:Saudi Operatives Who Killed Khashoggi Received Paramilita... by dwater on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @09:46AM (#27604516)
The point of the "mad dog" approach is not to win, but to let others know you will take them down with you, with the idea being that they will do what you want out of fear.
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Re:Saudi Operatives Who Killed Khashoggi Received Paramilita... by N1H1L on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @12:46PM (#27606608)
Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) dog
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Re:Saudi Operatives Who Killed Khashoggi Received Paramilita... by kinghajj on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @01:54PM (#27607668)
> willing to take down the rest of the world with them should they go down

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_Option

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Samson_Option:_Israel%27s_...

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Re:Saudi Operatives Who Killed Khashoggi Received Paramilita... by geoduck14 on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @08:39AM (#27603780)
People said that about Trump. I don't think that strategy paid off for him
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Re:Saudi Operatives Who Killed Khashoggi Received Paramilita... by mywittyname on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @10:29AM (#27604946)
He was not threatening enough, nor possess the mental capabilities to pull off that strategy. That strategy only works if you display the willingness to act, and the cleverness to act in such a way that demonstrates you know exactly where your opponent is weakest.

He was willing to act, his actions just always missed their mark.

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