>>507814818I swear nobody understands what the Samson option even is.
Everyone gets it terribly wrong, but understanding the Samson story is key to knowing wtf it is.
Israel literally does not have enough nukes to directly threaten the world itself. They have like 100 warheads, tops.
But Samson didn't go around beating the Philistines to death in the temple when he got his strength back.
He pulled down the pillars of the temple into each other pulling the temple on top of him and hundreds of Philistines as a last ditch effort.
Who are the pillars of the temple? NATO and Russia.
The Samson option is, in a last ditch effort by Israel if it's going to get wiped out, to hit Russia in a way that Russia is convinced that NATO attacked them (Israel has submarine launched nuclear missiles to do this). Russia counterattacks NATO, NATO counterattacks Russia, the resulting fallout of THOUSANDS of nuclear warheads does everyone else in.
so #1. It's last ditch
#2. It's suicide and trying to take everyone else with them
#3. It might not even work if Russia doesn't take the bait.