RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoIsrael threatens Iran’s top leader after missiles damage hospital and wound more than 200www.politico.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up183arrow-down11
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minus-squareOgmios@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·6 months agoThe problem with assassinating leaders is that it turns the population into a headless mob, and plenty of innocents suffer tremendously anyways. Modern military technology has made such concerns much less important, as any conflict is increasingly devastating.
minus-squareCalipherJones@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoYerp. Killing the leader leaves a power vacuum depending on the structure of the government. Power vacuums are the quickest way to a civil war.
The problem with assassinating leaders is that it turns the population into a headless mob, and plenty of innocents suffer tremendously anyways.
Modern military technology has made such concerns much less important, as any conflict is increasingly devastating.
Yerp. Killing the leader leaves a power vacuum depending on the structure of the government. Power vacuums are the quickest way to a civil war.