> The long-term outcome is Iran’s domestic drone production gets decimated. That is impossible without committing to boots on the ground. > Of course not. You

> The long-term outcome is Iran’s domestic drone production gets decimated. That is impossible without committing to boots on the ground. > Of course not. You blow up the factories and inventory. Where are the factories? Where are the stockpiles? If they don't show up on satellite imagery, how do you find them? Boots on the ground. If they're hidden underground or beneath a mountain, how do you blow them up? Boots on the ground. > No one has ever effected regime change with just air power. America could absolutely achieve a war aim with air power alone once Hegseth gets around to defining it. The reason he hasn't gotten around to defining a war aim is that there is no legitimate war aim. Netanyahu wanted to blow shit up and the Pentagon foolishly followed along instead of telling him "you're on your own".