• circuscritic@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Don’t know who’s down voting you, but yes, this is actually textbook strategy for insurgent warfare.

    Little guy makes a move with the goal of provoking big guy to create a security clampdown and overreact. This feeds little guy’s PR and recruitment efforts, as well as potentially overstretching big guy’s resources.

    I even have a recent and precisely on topic video that covers it:

    https://youtu.be/UKvzOF-toIA?si=ge1cJA2H7_NtDJcu

    He even references the ACTUAL DOD MANUALS that detail this strategy.

    • Meowoem@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      Yeah, especially considering the initial attack was likely somewhat related to trying to stop Israel and Saudi Arabia’s growing friendship, but can anyone name a country that wouldn’t demand vengeance after the atrocities at the music festivals and overrun communities?

      The attack was designed to be brutal to force a brutal response, probably designed to be like that by Iranian religious fanatics who couldn’t care less about the Palestinian population as long as they’re a good weapon to use against Israel.

      None of that justifies Israel doing awful things but it does make it harder to think about.