Comment by nicbou

4 hours ago

> Iran is already teetering on the brink of collapse

"We only have to kick in the door and the whole rotten structure will come crashing down"

- Adolf Hitler about invading the Soviet Union.

Again, I must reiterate my point: terror bombing has never ended a war. Post-war analysis also confirms that despite a very costly strategic bombing campaign, Germany tripled its production. Things fell apart when they lost men, ground, harvests and alloy mines to the Red Army. The war ended with the Soviets in Berlin, firing howitzers at government headquarters with open sights.

Perhaps the strategy that failed every single time so far will work if we ramp up the cruelty a few notches, but that's not a possibility I am excited about.