Robert Pape, a globally recognized expert on Air Power, points out the flaw in reasoning that a regime change can be effected (from the US perspective) in Iran using air power alone.
It’s never worked.
Not seldom. Not rarely. Never.
American aircraft dropped over 5 million tons of bombs on Vietnam– the largest bombardment of any country in history– and more than twice as much tonnage as the U.S. Air Force dropped in all of World War II. Over 4 million tons fell on the mostly rural areas of the former South Vietnam, plus 400,000 tons of napalm and 19 million gallons of herbicides. This compares with approximately 2 million tons on Laos and half a million tons on Cambodia.
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Spoiler for the young’uns, we lost. OK put a good face on it, they outlasted us. But they didn’t fold.
In the Iranian front – Now that Trump has his mushroom in a wringer, it’s a bad look when you have to beg the Ally you betrayed and sought to humiliate for help.
Donald Trump is apparently turning to war-ravaged Ukraine for help in his surprise attack on Iran.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his nightly address Wednesday that the United States—along with other allied countries—is seeking Kyiv’s assistance in defending against Iranian drones, Reuters first reported.
“Partners are turning to us, to Ukraine, asking for help in defending against (Iranian-designed) Shahed drones, with expertise and real operational experience,” Zelensky said. “There have also been requests from the American side.