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klrefgtoday at 6:43 AM2 repliesview on HN

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.


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Semkastoday at 8:18 AM

These 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.

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orwintoday at 9:10 AM

They did that btw. Is there any railroad bridge still standing in south Iran?