rant · moment 9 of 26
Israel's Negotiating Tactic: Kill the Guy You're Negotiating With
from Waiting For War & Negotiations Under Fire | The Tim Dillon Show #449 · #449
4 min
He mocks Israel's defense minister calling for the Ayatollah's assassination mid-negotiation, comparing it to a wingman who lights the bar on fire, and dismisses 'Death to Israel' as a mere catchphrase versus policy.
- Tim's principle: killing the person you're negotiating with gives you negotiating advantage and shows you're serious.
- The wingman analogy—Israel as the wingman lighting the bar on fire instead of helping, destroying the negotiation dynamic with the US.
- Israeli defense minister says the Ayatollah must go, stated openly in the middle of active negotiations.
- Tim questions whether these negotiations are actually happening and how anyone could negotiate under these conditions.
- Netanyahu claims they gave peace talks a chance and clenched their teeth, but the Ayatollah tweeted death to Israel daily.
- Confusing a catchphrase with a policy—Death to Israel is the Ayatollah's catchphrase like Larry the Cable Guy saying Get Her Done.
- Death to Israel is the Ayatollah's vocal stim, like stimming in autism, not an actual policy threat.
- Tim compares Israeli negotiating tactics to telling a KIA salesman You cannot continue to exist in the middle of a price negotiation.
IsraelBenjamin NetanyahuIsrael KatzAyatollah KhomeiniLarry the Cable GuyDonald Trump