re: #24 Rightwingconspirator

Bibi and Hamas are playing their own version of a Prisoner’s game.

In this case, both benefit by being stuck in “defect” mode.

The examples shown in the Veritasium video only cover player A vs. player B simultaneously.

But if there is a player C, and both A and B know they can win everytime they defect against C, when all three play together, then A and B have no reason to cooperate with C.

In this case, C are the residents of Gaza who are not part of Hamas or who do not support Hamas.

Unfortunately for the Israelis, they are burning through their goodwill (in the few places it can be found, such as the US mainstream politicians) very quickly.

I have not come across anyone here who has explained Netanyahu’s end game to me.

If he thinks killing all Gaza residents is going to be a win, then I suspect that Israel is going to find itself in existential problems in the near term.

Eventually the backstop the US has at the UN will stop. As the body count keeps rising in Gaza, Biden is going to have to make a decision.

It already seems to me that Biden is counting on Trump being the nominee, that enough never-Trumpers can make up for the loss of the anti-Israel young people that will cost the Dems.

However, if Haley is the nominee and Bibi does go full genocide in Gaza, then the loss of Dem voters on this issue will cost Biden. Enough to lose the election? I don’t know.

Regardless, the loss of life is itself a tragedy that should take precedence over US politics.