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They obviously could start methodically destroying civilian infrastructure to cause a huge humanitarian crisis which might force the Iranian government to colla
by klrefg 17d ago
They obviously could start methodically destroying civilian infrastructure to cause a huge humanitarian crisis which might force the Iranian government to collapse. They have clearly chosen not to commit to that approach so far.
- Semkas 17d agoThese kinds of arguments are obviously vacuous: The US could also "win" any war with a non-nuclear opponent by nuking every major city. But the fact that they don't is not something worth calling restraint.
- gpt5 17d agoIt’s definitely worth appreciating. The world could have looked very differently and might still fall into that trap.
- orwin 17d agoThey did that btw. Is there any railroad bridge still standing in south Iran?