[alex-g]

Maybe part of the explanation for this specific attack is incompetence - miscommunication, comparatively junior people exceeding their authority, subordinates afraid to object, and everyone doubling down rather than admitting defeat. I could definitely imagine that the people who devised and built out the capability being furious at it being deployed like this.

[tw04]

If it has lasted a couple hours I could see that. But as long as that attack continued, no way.

[bsder]

Well, once it started, terminating it requires someone to lose face. So, yeah, I can see it continuing.