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Re:Sea Kit by justsomehnguy on Saturday March 09, 2024 @07:49AM (#39651303)
What’s to stop the side that loses the virtual war just having another go in reality? Can you really imagine Biden or Zelensky or Netanyahu just accepting a loss and giving up?

I'm dead serious here.

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Re:Sea Kit by simonh on Saturday March 09, 2024 @08:06AM (#39651371)
Of course, absolutely. It’s a serious question.

There is the issue that Biden or any other elected leaders are answerable to their electorate, and other institutions in their country, in a way that authoritarians are not, so it’s a matter of the commitment of the nation too, but that’s not directly an issue with the simulated war concept. It’s nonsense for purely practical reasons.

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Re:Sea Kit by BriggyDwiggs42 on Saturday March 09, 2024 @08:03AM (#39651358)
No? What is your point?
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Re:Sea Kit by vinceguidry on Saturday March 09, 2024 @08:44AM (#39651525)
War games stop would-be belligerents all the time. It's probably the only thing keeping Taiwan a democracy.
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