Samson Option
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The Samson Option is a deterrence strategy of massive retaliation with nuclear weapons as a "last resort" against any country whose military has invaded and/or destroyed much of Israel. The term was p
According to the biblical narrative, Samson died when he grasped two pillars of the Temple of Dagon, and "bowed himself with all his might" (Judges 16:30, KJV).
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Samson
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Samson was the last of the judges of the ancient Israelites mentioned in the Book of Judges and one of the last leaders who "judged" the twelve tribes of Israel before the institution of the monarchy.
Samson Option
…situations where non-nuclear, non-Israeli actors have threatened conventional weapons retaliation. The name is a reference to the biblical Israelite judge Samson who pushed apart the pillars of a Philistine temple, bringing down the roof and killing himself and thousands of Philistines who had captured him. When…
Samson's Fight with the Lion (1525) by Lucas Cranach the Elder
The Sacrifice of Manoah (1640–1650) by Eustache Le Sueur
Samson Slays a Thousand Men with the Jawbone of an Ass (c. 1896–1902) by James Tissot
Samson and Delilah (1887) by Jose Etxenagusia