Comment by bluGill

> did America's current Special Military Operation not make it clear that missiles alone don't win wars

not really. The operation accomplished all the goals: it removed the current leadership of Iran. Of course the results where completely predictable: meet the new leadership - same as the old one (often just the children of the old). Lets not pretend that it didn't get the intended results. It just got some other unintended results as well (which were mostly predictable)

There are limits to what war can accomplish. Depending on how you fight the war you can get different long term results.