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Political Backfire

Civilian-infrastructure attacks can backfire by uniting the population behind the government, when the attacker’s aim is to split people from the regime.

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General model applied to Iran on 2026-03-10.

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Civilian-infrastructure attacks can backfire by uniting the population behind the government, when the attacker’s aim is to split people from the regime.

Timestamped Evidence

Control Beats Dominance

2026-03-10, day precision · Game Theory #11: The Law of Escalation

Transcript

"Okay? Unless I see biochemical weapons being used, I refuse to believe that nuclear weapons is on the table. Okay? All right? So I..."

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Control Beats Dominance

2026-03-10, day precision · claims

Reading

A source-grounded reading of Jiang’s law of escalation: the actor with the biggest weapon can still lose if the weaker actor has calibration, legitimacy, options, and a way to make the bully destroy himself.

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