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[-] Revan343@lemmy.ca 195 points 2 months ago

This is a "let them fight" situation

[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 102 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I guess but it sucks for civilians caught in the crossfire. Can’t we just have a Khamenei/Bibi cage fight instead?

And then we just don’t let the winner out of the cage.

[-] ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org 24 points 2 months ago

I'd be down for that. Let the leaders fight!

[-] swagmoney@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

kinda like an inverse hunger games?

[-] ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org 1 points 2 months ago

I'd hope for some good old celebrity death match entertainment.

[-] Azzu@lemm.ee 16 points 2 months ago

The problem is, large parts of each country are supporting their government in what they're doing.

[-] bonsai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Make it a knife fight.

There are no winners in a knife fight.

[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

IMO a major reason that Israel is levelling Gaza is that it's a one-sided conflict where Israelis are not getting killed. There are apparently 53 Israeli hostages right now, but more than 20,000 Gazans have been killed. There is some pressure to end the conflict, but not enough. If it were a war where Israelis were being killed too, it would end a lot quicker.

I know the Iran / Israel conflict is a different one, but if enough Israelis stop supporting Netanyahu, both conflicts might end. Israeli civilians dying might be the only thing that will stop Netanyahu.

[-] Witchfire@lemmy.world 59 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Iran has the right to defend itself, as they like to say

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 49 points 2 months ago

Another reason to hate Israel. They're making me agree with Iran.

Ew.

[-] AES_Enjoyer@reddthat.com 3 points 2 months ago

Maybe you should reconsider your prejudice, then. Why are you so spiteful towards the country geopolitically opposed to the genocidal entity and doing something about it? Do you treat western countries (all of them maintaining economic, diplomatic and military ties with Israel) with the same contempt?

[-] DaTingGoBrrr@lemm.ee 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

According to Veritasium and Game Theory (The prisoners dilemma) a retaliation is what should be done in this case

https://youtu.be/mScpHTIi-kM

[-] 8uurg@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I personally prefer the more complex setup discussed in https://ncase.me/trust/.

The prisoners dilemma is a single decision game: you can tattle or stay silent, and as you don't know what the other does, and due to how things are set up you would prefer to tattle, even if both staying silent yields better results for both parties.

Politics like this is more of a repeated game, like the one described in the link. You can trust one another, in spite of this single iteration Pareto optimal setting favoring betrayal, and work together. But also; show that you are not an easy mark that can be exploited.

[-] hoch@lemmy.world 43 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
[-] FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago

Agreed. The the enemy of my enemy is my, uh, enemy? They both suck lol

[-] thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 11 points 2 months ago

The enemy of my enemy is my enemy's other enemy.

Nothing more, nothing less

[-] klu9@piefed.social 3 points 2 months ago

Realpolitik is German for "short-term thinking that will eventually bite you in the arse".

[-] Eatspancakes84@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago

Just to add that I have become quite allergic to the “pre-emptive strike”, “weapons of mass destruction “ justification for war. Have we learned nothing?

[-] Saleh@feddit.org 6 points 2 months ago

We did learn that orchestrating these gets you paraded around by the "progressive" party in the US during the last election...

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 10 points 2 months ago

That'd be pretty swell, but then maybe please don't go defend Israel from the consequences of its actions?

[-] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

You would have said the same thing about World War 2.

[-] Revan343@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago

Which side is supposed to be Poland in your shitty analogy?

[-] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

The one being attacked, obviously.

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