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The "Samson Option" is a conspiracy theory that if Israel is ever at the brink of destruction it will nuke Europe and America. It is a conspiracy theory based o
by coreman 7y ago
The "Samson Option" is a conspiracy theory that if Israel is ever at the brink of destruction it will nuke Europe and America. It is a conspiracy theory based on the ramblings of one Israeli historian and one American author.
Israel has nuclear weapons and its MAD policies are probably the same as other nuclear powers.
It's funny because Putin has actually said that Russia will end up destroying the entire world in retaliation if Russia is ever attacked with nuclear weapons. But for some reason you don't see this quote get the same attention as the "Samson Option".
‘Why would we want a world without Russia?'
Days later, he reiterated his stance, implying that nuclear war — a “disaster for the entire world” — would be a response to a major attack against Russia: “as a citizen of Russia and the head of the Russian state, I must ask myself: ‘Why would we want a world without Russia?'”
‘Why would we want a world without Russia?'
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/27/commentary/world-commentary/putin-and-the-apocalypse/ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/27/commentary/w...
- lostlogin 7y ago> Israel has nuclear weapons and its MAD policies are probably the same as other nuclear powers. But with a much more controversial relationship with it neighbours, who’s land it illegally occupies and state policies that are compared to apartheid policies.
- lostmsu 7y agoMuch more controversial, than Russian? At least those poor folks in Palestine have an incompatible religion, which I could not say about Ukraine.
- lostlogin 7y agoThere are also other examples like China and the Uyghurs. Perhaps “much more controversial” is going to far, as there is a lot of shitty behaviour.
- azinman2 7y agoI think you don’t know much about apartheid or the situation in Israel / Palestine to compare the two.
- mirimir 7y agoThe US position is basically the same. Indeed, the US has warned that it may respond with nuclear weapons to cyberattacks.
- bikeshed 7y agoHas it ever been established that Israel has nuclear weapons? As far as I’ve heard it’s just a rumour.