We’re looking at the “if you drop more bombs, that should do it, because the previous 20 years of war were woke and didn’t involve dropping enough bombs” school of analysis of what airpower can and cannot accomplish
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux
So, reading the article, I am also struck - in addition to the OPSEC catastrophe - by how shallow the strategic thinking here is.
Maybe that's just always the way it is, but all the concerns are domestic politics and messaging. No one asks, "will these strikes accomplish anything and if so, what?"
Maybe that's just always the way it is, but all the concerns are domestic politics and messaging. No one asks, "will these strikes accomplish anything and if so, what?"
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