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Iran seems to be demonstrating the limit of what's achievable by winning 'hearts and minds' alone.

• lsc 17y ago
  It's pretty difficult to invade another country and win any 'hearts and minds' - I mean, no matter how shitty the previous government was, you are a foreign invader. I think Iran (and Iran's success against the USSR) is a prime example of how 'hearts and minds' is much more important than guns and bombs in modern warfare.
  • roc 17y ago
    It's definitely important. But the current situation in Iran suggests that Hearts and Minds alone isn't sufficient.
    • lsc 17y ago
      lol. I'm going to shut up. I re-read this and I probably make no sense as I wrote iran rather than Afghanistan.