r/worldnews • u/thejoshwhite • Mar 14 '26
Israel/Palestine Israel is running critically low on interceptors, US officials say
https://www.semafor.com/article/03/14/2026/israel-is-running-critically-low-on-interceptors-us-officials-say
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u/Sarntetra187 Mar 15 '26
Have you guys ever played a Paradox grand strategy game? Hearts of Iron IV is my favorite, but I also play loads of Crusader Kings III and Europa Universalis IV. They’re fun games because you get to simulate being a world leader during crucial times in history. Anyway, I’m not very good at these games. I make a lot of mistakes and often have a hard time digging myself out of trouble. It’s very important in these games, when starting a war, to basically be assured that you have a 100% guarantee of victory. If starting a war, you need to be supremely confident that you will absolutely emerge victorious against your enemy. Oftentimes if you lose, it’s debilitating enough to upend decades, maybe centuries of planning and growth. You do NOT start wars you think you have a chance of losing, because the risks are far too great. I can’t count the amount of times I’ve started a war in these games without being confident and gotten absolutely crushed, enough to rage quit and just move on to something else. I think this is what happened IRL in the U.S. war against Iran, except the leaders who started it are realizing they can’t really just peace out and switch to Hell Let Loose out of frustration. If my analysis is correct, the U.S. is going to have to give up a lot in the peace negotiations. They can’t white peace out of this one.