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[–] ZoDoneRightNow@kbin.earth 50 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Step 1: Bomb another nation

Step 2: Call it preemptive

Step 3: Any retaliatory actions that nation takes can now be used to justify the preemptory nature of the first strike

Step 4: Keep bombing that nation because they have now "started" a war by retaliating

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 23 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Ah, the Israel manoeuvre.

Pearl Harbor trap wouldn't work bcs Iran wouldn't attack it first.

[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] sakuraba@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

well putting a military base that close to Japan would provoke them for sure, not that I would call it a trap