Escalate to De-Escalate

Early on, someone online I used to respect argued earnestly that Hamas had genocide in their hearts, so by committing genocide Israel was really stopping genocide, and I suppose that was similar to this.

The big picture: Israeli officials said their increasing attacks against Hezbollah are not intended to lead to war but are an attempt to reach "de-escalation through escalation."

If they destroy enough and kill enough people that will lead to a type of de-escalation.

The biggest failures of American policy are the ones with bipartisan/elite DC support and so there is no scandal, no sense that someone has fucked it completely.

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Biden spent 7 or so months claiming Netanyahu had agreed to a deal that only awaited Hamas's agreement. And the slaughter continued.

Ah, well, we'll know better next time.

oops

U.S. officials told me they recognize Israel's "de-escalation through escalation" rational and agree with it, but stress this is an "extremely difficult calibration" that could easily go out of control and lead to an all-out war https://t.co/UDGMEAx7tb

— Barak Ravid (@BarakRavid) September 21, 2024