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minus-squareAkasazhlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoIt doesn’t break the resolve. Strategic bombing of civilian targets kills people, but doubles the morale. I wouldn’t be surprised if more Iranians support their regime than before the bombing.
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minus-squareAkasazhlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoSo you’d suggest nuclear Holocaust? It’s impossible to kill all the people with strategic bombing. Look at London during the blitz or Germany in the latter stages of the war. You cannot bomb people into doing what you want, unless you go for the nuclear option.
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minus-squareAkasazhlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoCan you specify a war that was ended with only bombing, outside of Japan?
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It doesn’t break the resolve. Strategic bombing of civilian targets kills people, but doubles the morale. I wouldn’t be surprised if more Iranians support their regime than before the bombing.
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So you’d suggest nuclear Holocaust?
It’s impossible to kill all the people with strategic bombing. Look at London during the blitz or Germany in the latter stages of the war.
You cannot bomb people into doing what you want, unless you go for the nuclear option.
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Can you specify a war that was ended with only bombing, outside of Japan?
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