will israel take the samson option?

[Osama Bin Laden]

The Samson Option (Hebrew: ברירת שמשון, romanized: b'rerat shimshon) is Israel's deterrence strategy of massive retaliation with nuclear weapons as a "last resort" against a country whose military has invaded and/or destroyed much of Israel.[1] Commentators also have employed the term to refer to situations where non-nuclear, non-Israeli actors have threatened conventional weapons retaliation.[2]

 

[dick brain]

Only one way to find out.

 

[Bâtard Consanguine]

The Samson option goes beyond retaliation against their direct aggressors, it's the contingency to take the whole world down with them should they fall. Collapse the markets, sabotage critical infrastructure, release deadly pathogens, and foment apocalyptic levels of civil unrest in every nation, even their 'allies'. Especially their 'allies'.

 

[Osama Bin Laden]

The Samson option goes beyond retaliation against their direct aggressors, it's the contingency to take the whole world down with them should they fall. Collapse the markets, sabotage critical infrastructure, release deadly pathogens, and foment apocalyptic levels of civil unrest in every nation, even their 'allies'. Especially their 'allies'.

you think they'd do it though

 

[Farsided]

Collapse the markets, sabotage critical infrastructure, release deadly pathogens, and foment apocalyptic levels of civil unrest in every nation, even their 'allies'. Especially their 'allies'.

So business as usual... but faster?

 

[Bâtard Consanguine]

you think they'd do it though

Of course. Should the state of israel fall, it would mean there's a coordinated effort in waging war against the jews, and their 'allies' are either too weak to help them, or don't want to. There'd be no place on Earth jews would be safe. Bringing the world down with them is the ultimate "if I can't have it, no one can!" play.

So business as usual... but faster?

Indeed. They currently don't want to destroy human civilization, just weaken it strategically so they can eek out more control for themselves. They learned their lesson when they went too fast with Weimar Germany, they need to boil the frog slowly. They made sure to make the stove out of magnesium this time in case it boils over so everyone gets taken out with them.

 

[Star Classic]

you think they'd do it though

 

[dick brain]

The Samson option goes beyond retaliation against their direct aggressors, it's the contingency to take the whole world down with them should they fall. Collapse the markets, sabotage critical infrastructure, release deadly pathogens, and foment apocalyptic levels of civil unrest in every nation, even their 'allies'. Especially their 'allies'.

A fair tradeoff tbh

 

[donksmanSupreme42]

you think they'd do it though

we won't unless there's no choice

 

[umseriously]

If Israel really does have an option, I do believe they are willing to use it.