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thomassmith65today at 11:32 AM4 repliesview on HN

Desert Storm was short. The second Iraq War, the stupid one, was not.


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invadertoday at 12:27 PM

However, to be fair, Desert Storm hasn't resulted in regime change. The Coalition bombed the shit out of the Iraqi army, but never committed to the ground operation deep inside Iraq. And Saddam's regime survived until the next war.

That alone hints that it is very hard to bring a dictatorship down with just aerial attacks - the ground component is also essential. Something tells me it is going to be the same here.

Only a land operation or a total collapse of the government, with the armed police and military joining the opposition, can topple the Iranian regime.

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torloktoday at 2:48 PM

That's because Desert Storm was launched by people who remembered the Second World War. Current wars are started by draft dodgers.

ponectortoday at 12:51 PM

This does not look like a smart one. A bit smarter would be to strike a month ago to support street protests.

UncleMeattoday at 12:09 PM

Desert storm didn’t attempt regime change. Iran is not currently invading anyone.

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