Decapitation Gambit Lacks Plan B

Modern political leaders sometimes pursue a single, high‑stakes 'decapitation' strategy (quickly removing enemy leadership) and publicly promise rapid victory—creating a strategic posture with no meaningful fallback when the war drags on. The UnHerd piece links Trump's four‑to‑five‑week prediction and the US/Israel day‑one objectives to the Schlieffen analogy, arguing that such all‑or‑nothing plans unravel when reality (logistics, weather, resistance) intervenes. — If Western strategy relies on rapid regime‑decapitation gambits without credible contingency plans, failures will produce prolonged wars, alliance strain, and severe domestic political fallout.