cross-posted from: https://lemmy.crimedad.work/post/138601

“That son of a bitch, Bibi Netanyahu, he’s a bad guy,” said Biden privately, according to Woodward. “He’s a bad fucking guy!”

Reads like a bloody Onion article.

  • Yewb@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    So an interesting thing about the Israeli military, they empower all levels of the command chain to make decisions to complete the mission.

    It leads to this interesting situations where top leader can claim complete ignorance and the mission was completed.

    Look up the big brain little brain stuff.

    • MouseKeyboard@ttrpg.networkEnglish
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      2 months ago

      That’s standard in Western militaries. It means units aren’t paralyzed by unexpected circumstances while they wait for communication to go up and down the chain of command, and it improves resilience if communications or senior officers are incapacitated.