Yeah, probably both for "shock and awe" purposes and to reduce the risks of guerrilla ambush. The thing is that they've done it really badly, so they've suffer

Yeah, probably both for "shock and awe" purposes and to reduce the risks of guerrilla ambush. The thing is that they've done it really badly, so they've suffered all the propaganda penalties without convincingly getting the upper hand. And they've killed a lot of civilians too, obviously.