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Why? The US can just air strike anything forever without ever doing a ground invasion. What objective would the US be seeking that could only be achieved by a g

Why? The US can just air strike anything forever without ever doing a ground invasion. What objective would the US be seeking that could only be achieved by a ground invasion?

elorant 2y ago
If you don't get boots on the ground you can't change the regime. Bombings alone would only weaken the infrastructure and probably lead local people to hate you even more. Plus in a conflict the opposite side retaliates. Once body bags start pilling back home the general public will demand an invasion.
- LargoLasskhyfv 2y ago
  I'm sure a precision strike at this facility https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Consultative_Assembly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Consultative_Assembly would change the regime somewhat, and make many people currently suffering from them rather happy. Could probably be sold as womans liberation.
  - elorant 2y ago
    And how would you safeguard the next regime? With F35s and bombers?
    - LargoLasskhyfv 2y ago
      Hrm. Dunno exactly. Probably give them the option to join the Kurdish Republic of Free Rojava, minus the Barsani-Clan. Otherwise give them the nukes they always wanted. Shining (b)right over their heads. Like the cleanest zoroastrian purification possible.
      - elorant 2y ago
        So eventually you'll nuke them. But you don't think that will start WW3. Okey dokey.
        LargoLasskhyfv 2y ago
        I think the dangers of nuclear war are overblown in public perception. Regarding räydiäyshun alone, there have been 512 atmospheric nuclear weapons tests since 1945, and were still here. Maybe with a little bit higher cancer rate, but that could have been caused by many other things, by unwise introduction of byproducts of industrialisation. Hrmm. Lemme ssink...industry...oh yeah, coal power! Even moar räydiäshun!1!! Whee! Then there is the theory of Hormesis. Which could be applied to at least some forms of weak radiation, in spite of only a few very vocal, nay-saying kooks. See many places around the world, were people are bathing and breathing in radone-rich caves and waters, or beaches in Brazil. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Gastein https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Gastein https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsqaltubo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsqaltubo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramsar,_Iran https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramsar,_Iran https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guarapari https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guarapari and many more, just without entry in the global cybernetic landfill. So, away with the 'glo-in-ze-dark' stuff, except for one last thing: Spontane Verdampfung führt zur Entkrampfung! (Spontaneous evaporation leads to relaxation) Hrmyah, whaddäbbout WW3? Depending on where you are, that already happened, when seen as total devastation of ones environment. Does it matter when it glows in the dark by itself? Does it have to, to make ones situation even more miserable? Do I care? No. I prefer a rather cold, zoomed out view, as envisioned in the commandments of the Georgia Guidestones, proudly riding my trusty Blucifer. Ze Ztarz! My Destination! (One way or another, I don't bother) Now please excuse me, I need to have the snake tatto reapplied to my dick, otherwise Jizzbella disapproves...…

Why? The US can just air strike anything forever without ever doing a ground invasion. What objective would the US be seeking that could only be achieved by a ground invasion?

elorant 2y ago

If you don't get boots on the ground you can't change the regime. Bombings alone would only weaken the infrastructure and probably lead local people to hate you even more. Plus in a conflict the opposite side retaliates. Once body bags start pilling back home the general public will demand an invasion.

LargoLasskhyfv 2y ago
I'm sure a precision strike at this facility https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Consultative_Assembly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Consultative_Assembly would change the regime somewhat, and make many people currently suffering from them rather happy. Could probably be sold as womans liberation.
- elorant 2y ago
  And how would you safeguard the next regime? With F35s and bombers?
  - LargoLasskhyfv 2y ago
    Hrm. Dunno exactly. Probably give them the option to join the Kurdish Republic of Free Rojava, minus the Barsani-Clan. Otherwise give them the nukes they always wanted. Shining (b)right over their heads. Like the cleanest zoroastrian purification possible.
    - elorant 2y ago
      So eventually you'll nuke them. But you don't think that will start WW3. Okey dokey.
      - LargoLasskhyfv 2y ago
        I think the dangers of nuclear war are overblown in public perception. Regarding räydiäyshun alone, there have been 512 atmospheric nuclear weapons tests since 1945, and were still here. Maybe with a little bit higher cancer rate, but that could have been caused by many other things, by unwise introduction of byproducts of industrialisation. Hrmm. Lemme ssink...industry...oh yeah, coal power! Even moar räydiäshun!1!! Whee! Then there is the theory of Hormesis. Which could be applied to at least some forms of weak radiation, in spite of only a few very vocal, nay-saying kooks. See many places around the world, were people are bathing and breathing in radone-rich caves and waters, or beaches in Brazil. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Gastein https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Gastein https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsqaltubo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsqaltubo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramsar,_Iran https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramsar,_Iran https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guarapari https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guarapari and many more, just without entry in the global cybernetic landfill. So, away with the 'glo-in-ze-dark' stuff, except for one last thing: Spontane Verdampfung führt zur Entkrampfung! (Spontaneous evaporation leads to relaxation) Hrmyah, whaddäbbout WW3? Depending on where you are, that already happened, when seen as total devastation of ones environment. Does it matter when it glows in the dark by itself? Does it have to, to make ones situation even more miserable? Do I care? No. I prefer a rather cold, zoomed out view, as envisioned in the commandments of the Georgia Guidestones, proudly riding my trusty Blucifer. Ze Ztarz! My Destination! (One way or another, I don't bother) Now please excuse me, I need to have the snake tatto reapplied to my dick, otherwise Jizzbella disapproves...…