Quote (ferdia @ Apr 18 2024 07:15am)
If you hit an embassy, a proportionate response would be for them to hit one of yours. The sheer volume of ordinance used, and the type of weapons used, is a disproportionate, escalatory response. take any two countries.
Country A blows up an embassy
Country B launches ballistic missiles
thats a disproportionate response, regardless/irrespective of life lost (or not lost).
There are of course huge glaring considerations here:
1. Israel collectively punishing Palestine / their ethnic arab minorities (pick one), mass slaughter of civilians.
2. Iran telegraphing the attack, aiming at locations to ensure the minimum amount of fatalities.
To hit an Israeli embassy would involve attacking another country as well though, wouldn't that be worse? To me that seems like more of an escalation
Regarding ordinance, if they used less nothing would have gotten through, the amount and timings were clearly intended to overwhelm AD and allow a small amount to hit. Iran knew this, everyone reporting on it while it was happening did as well, I was watching live most of the night and multiple analysts mentioned this before anything even arrived. That's why I don't view the amount as a big deal really.