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'minimize' not 'eliminate' I think it's a safe bet that if the strategy in Iraq had been 'Use airborne ordinance to turn the country in to glass' the war would
by shuntress 10y ago
'minimize' not 'eliminate'
I think it's a safe bet that if the strategy in Iraq had been 'Use airborne ordinance to turn the country in to glass' the war would have been 'won' much sooner with far higher civilian casualties.
- vkou 10y agoYou can't win against an insurgency by turning the country into glass. Saddam's army was defeated in the first few weeks.