Paper tiger.

Philorandroid 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Venezuela thought the same thing. Keeping a full-scale deployment at arm's length, and 'only' targeting military targets with exhaustive use of precision missiles is poor strategy, but if a military victory were the US's only ambition the Iranian regime has no capability that could prevent its country from being turned into a smoldering parking lot.

Doctrine isn't the same as inability.

	▲	pibaker 5 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Venezuela was likely a palace coup disguised as a purely foreign intervention by both parties involved. There is a reason why instead of holding an election or having the opposition take over, they just handed the country to Maduro's very own vice president.
	▲	Arodex 6 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		>if a military victory were the US's only ambition the Iranian regime has no capability that could prevent its country from being turned into a smoldering parking lot. I read this and I wonder, "are we back to 2003 and Iraq?" Incredible how little memory Americans have. Absolutely none. You just have no grasps on reality.

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throwthrowuknow 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Don’t worry, they can still carpet bomb with high explosive and nuclear always remains an option lest you forget.

	▲	mr_toad 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The US bombed North Vietnam into dust, but because they didn’t occupy it with ground forces they simply rebuilt and kept coming. You can’t win a war with just air power.

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bluegatty 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

In some ways yes, not in others.

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UltraSane 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

That is a remarkably stupid thing to say about the US military.