This isnt chess. The government and military are still intact, the VP seems vehemently against rolling over, it just pisses off America's enemies more and lets them know that kidnapping a head of state is now on the table and they'd better close the Kidnapping Gap and be more ready for that possibility and look into how to do it themselves. That just leads to holding foreign kings for ransom again, it's not done cause under a system that isnt absolute monarchy the snake works just fine without the head, no one does this cause it's pointless and opens up equally dirty retaliation, if a head of state orders the kidnapping of another head of state the target could be more on them personally than before, which usually people who want to stay alive try to avoid. How does this advance American Interests as opposed to a more normal act of aggression? Seems like really bad strategy to me.

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[–] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'm sure they've been cooking up this kind of thing for years. I was more saying if there was a specific guy that was acting as a champion for the cause of carrying it out, it would be the top gusano. As you said, obviously none of these people personally develop these plans on their own - which I'm now realizing is what the user you were replying to seems to have been saying, lmao.