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That's totally not the case. Asymmetry is that when the adversary starts doing it, US is politically and socially not allowed to reply in kind. For instance: en

That's totally not the case. Asymmetry is that when the adversary starts doing it, US is politically and socially not allowed to reply in kind. For instance: ensuring they have no electricity makes it impossible to continue producing drones - knock out every power plant and grid transformer and conduct surveillance using IR cameras to find everything that resembles thermal power plant cooling, and knock it out as well - without electricity, industry can't work. Drones work for Ukraine and Russia because neither side has a viable air force. If any of them had, they'd win without the need for drones. They work for US because political constraints prevents US from making appropriate use of air force.

verdverm 7mo ago
> ensuring they have no electricity makes it impossible to continue producing drones > political constraints prevents US from making appropriate use of air force Are you arguing that destroying a country of 90M's entire basic infrastructure is an "appropriate" use of force?
- anovikov 7mo ago
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  - adrian_b 7mo ago
    There is little evidence for your theories. We do not know exactly how much Iran can really destroy, because regardless if they can or they cannot destroy more, their current strategy of threatening to destroy much more than they have destroyed is the correct strategy. If they had destroyed everything they can, then the adversaries would have no reason of further restraint. As it is, the adversaries are still fearful of greater retaliation, which has forced them to enter negotiations. Also the fact that the Americans are not attacking "anything", is only partially true. Of course, the Americans could destroy much more, but they have already destroyed many civilian targets, including the oil exporting infrastructure, bridges, rail stations, etc., in some cases also taking care to hit again the first responders.
    - anovikov 7mo ago
      The only trick is Hormuz strait blocking by Iran... and it's very hard to tackle without a land invasion which Trump is reluctant to execute. Nothing else Iran could possibly do, matters at all.
      - verdverm 7mo ago
        > Nothing else Iran could possibly do, matters at all. This is a naive belief and contains the same hubris as Trump held when entering this war. They have also destroyed billing of US military planes and radars on the ground, taken US company data centers in the region offline, and damaged refineries for oil, aluminum, and water (desalination). They can still get missiles and drones through air defenses in the region. 80% of their strikes are against not Israel.
        anovikov 6mo ago
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        verdverm 6mo ago
        Where are you getting your information? Civilians still die every week from drones in Ukraine https://understandingwar.org/ https://understandingwar.org/ > Just keep pounding them till Iran dissolves. Are you calling for genocide like Trump? There's a difference between Iran, Iranians, and the IRGC. History also shows that bombing does not remove regimes nor gets people to rise up. Trump promised to show up if they tried, they did and he didn't hold up his end of the deal (to the surprise of no one).
        anovikov 6mo ago
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verdverm 7mo ago

> ensuring they have no electricity makes it impossible to continue producing drones > political constraints prevents US from making appropriate use of air force Are you arguing that destroying a country of 90M's entire basic infrastructure is an "appropriate" use of force?

anovikov 7mo ago
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- adrian_b 7mo ago
  There is little evidence for your theories. We do not know exactly how much Iran can really destroy, because regardless if they can or they cannot destroy more, their current strategy of threatening to destroy much more than they have destroyed is the correct strategy. If they had destroyed everything they can, then the adversaries would have no reason of further restraint. As it is, the adversaries are still fearful of greater retaliation, which has forced them to enter negotiations. Also the fact that the Americans are not attacking "anything", is only partially true. Of course, the Americans could destroy much more, but they have already destroyed many civilian targets, including the oil exporting infrastructure, bridges, rail stations, etc., in some cases also taking care to hit again the first responders.
  - anovikov 7mo ago
    The only trick is Hormuz strait blocking by Iran... and it's very hard to tackle without a land invasion which Trump is reluctant to execute. Nothing else Iran could possibly do, matters at all.
    - verdverm 7mo ago
      > Nothing else Iran could possibly do, matters at all. This is a naive belief and contains the same hubris as Trump held when entering this war. They have also destroyed billing of US military planes and radars on the ground, taken US company data centers in the region offline, and damaged refineries for oil, aluminum, and water (desalination). They can still get missiles and drones through air defenses in the region. 80% of their strikes are against not Israel.
      - anovikov 6mo ago
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        verdverm 6mo ago
        Where are you getting your information? Civilians still die every week from drones in Ukraine https://understandingwar.org/ https://understandingwar.org/ > Just keep pounding them till Iran dissolves. Are you calling for genocide like Trump? There's a difference between Iran, Iranians, and the IRGC. History also shows that bombing does not remove regimes nor gets people to rise up. Trump promised to show up if they tried, they did and he didn't hold up his end of the deal (to the surprise of no one).
        anovikov 6mo ago
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