@larryneufeld

I believe Canada needs to develop an effective #deterrence #threat to keep Mango Mussolini at bay - but we need it, like, yesterday.

Nuclear weapons - possibly purchased from France, since the USA might have too much influence over the UK - would do the trick. We wouldn't need a lot, just enough to make a couple getting through to D.C. and New York a realistic possibility.

It shocks me to have to seriously consider this threat. Canada hasn't seriously worried about a US #invasion since the '50s or '60s.

But anyway, I've never seen a (reckless) attack on an enemy bringing the amount of #deterrence as the recent #PagerAttack on #Hizbollah.

But can it work in a region of #revenge and counter-revenge and counter-counter-revenge (and so on) ?

No retaliation to @israel assassinations in foreign countries:

An Arab diplomat from the Gulf said: “@iran desperately wants an off-ramp”.

An expert said: “The fact is that very significant figures in Iran have argued against responding. By their narrative, Netanyahu wants to burn the region down and pull the US into a wider war. Why should Iran fall into the trap?”

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/why-iran-and-hezbollah-have-not-yet-responded-israels-assassinations

@Radical_EgoCom @AnarchistArt Arbiter Voice "Were it so easy..."

Do you really want to know why #Germany, in spite of having >40M illegal guns in circulation isn't boiling or experiencing even a fraction of #violence the #USA does even when adjusted per capita and #guns?

• It's because #ViolenceCulture isn't rewarded with airtime, but if people ain't against violence, they at least frear the #ForeseeableConsequences for their action.

I think #JStark was right in terms of "#Deterrence" as a means to discourage bad actors.

• Just like noone's trying to mug #cops and relieve them of their weapons because the attempt will at least end up getting handcuffed by them or worse...

OFC I wish for a peaceful world where no arms are needed, but sadly forcing the masses to be disarmed only makes them weak to opression by [non-] state actors and dependent on [de-facto] state actors for their protection.

• Not that I'm an anarchist: I don't think Governments are inherently and irredeemably bad per concept: But what's important is the kind of people in power and how Power is split and fractured to make facism hard if not impossible ...

I refuse to violate the rules and laws despite disagreeing with them as a matter of principle: It's harder to advocate for change or be taken seriously as a convict - even in the case of a victimless crime...

…#Biden says he remains committed to Ukrainian victory. Asked about the #war’s endgame, Biden says, “#Peace looks like making sure #Russia never, never, never, never occupies #Ukraine.”

…even longtime critics are impressed w/Biden’s efforts in Ukraine.

…Biden says his response has been part of a broader #deterrence strategy. “If we ever let Ukraine go down, mark my words, you’ll see #Poland go, & you’ll see all those nations along the actual border of Russia [fall].”

“Levy describes a system that has almost reached perfection. The political echelon wants to maintain the status quo, and the military provides it with legitimacy in exchange for funds and status.”

“Levy points out the gradual withdrawal of the old Ashkenazi middle class from the ranks of the combat forces[…]:
• the military’s complete reliance on technology as a decisive factor in warfare;
• the adoption of the concept […] of an army that is “small and lethal”;
• the obsession with the idea of #deterrence, which is supposed to negate the other side’s will to fight; and
• the complete addiction to the status quo as the only possible and desirable state of affairs.”

https://www.972mag.com/yagil-levy-army-middle-class/ @israel @ethics @military @idf

U.S. officials described the operation as a carefully calibrated #military response aimed at deterring further attacks on #UnitedStates interests in the region while avoiding ramping up the cycle of regional conflict.

“The #Biden administration is trying very much to strike a balance between #deterrence & de-escalation,” said Abdolrasool Divsallar, an #Iran specialist at the Middle East Institute. “I think the balance is there.”

The #USA isn't strinking targets for #deterrence. Like never.

Their presence somewhere is supposed to be deterring enough.

But once they strike, they're always in for the kill. No matter the nice words.

#Houthis in #Yemen don't seem to know what deterrence means anyway.