The Misconception That Air Supremacy Has Been Achieved over Iran

Posted by JumpCrisscross 2 days ago

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Comment by budman1 2 days ago

Strategic bombing has never won a war. Blow up buildings, kill people,sure. But never definitely ended a conflict. I suggest we stop the kinetics, and try diplomacy.

Comment by _fw 1 day ago

There’s an argument that MAYBE it did - with the Second World War, and the allies’ ability to completely destroy the means of production in Germany and Japan.

Aircraft factories, munitions factories, forges, steel refineries: all wiped out systematically to reduce the enemy’s ability to wage war.

But to your point… this is not those days.

Comment by nicbou 1 day ago

German armaments production increased dramatically despite Allied bombing. If I'm not mistaken, the impact of bombing Germany is still hotly debated. The loss of alloy mines in the East was far more devastating, again if I'm not mistaken.

Comment by mistrial9 1 day ago

bombing in Germany for WWII included plenty of revenge targets that were not directly part of the war effort

Comment by Bender 1 day ago

and try diplomacy.

Diplomacy in Iran particularly since 1979 has rarely accomplished anything beyond a stalling tactic. The current regime has never been open to changing anything as a result of diplomacy. The world has grown tired of the bully. It's time for their regime to go one way or another.

Comment by aeternum 1 day ago

It's unclear what boots on the ground can do that bombing can't.

Diplomacy generally doesn't work until neither side gains by extending the conflict.

Comment by budman1 23 hours ago

"boots on the ground" can take possession of ground, property, and people. And tell people what to do, directly.

Comment by comoMagna 1 day ago

why is this on hackernews? This is not hackernews. This is not related to tech in any way. I am trying to avoid the news/politics, I go to hackernews and I see these unrelated to tech at all politics posts. JumpCrisscross you posted several non tech related posts on hackernews already today.

Looking at this account's posts, most of the stuff they post is just politics unrelated to tech.

Comment by snypher 1 day ago

Why is your account here from 2017; with zero karma and 4 comments, two of which are complaining about the submission quality?

Comment by comoMagna 1 day ago

Because so far I have enjoyed consuming content on hackernews for all these years (since 2014?) (for actual hacker news/tech/startups stuff), despite the fact that I don't post or comment much. I believe in internet lexicon it would be called "lurker?". Respect to you and have a good day!

Now that I am looking at this account's posts, I am seeing that they post multiple times a day, every day pretty much. I am curious what is their incentive here? Full-time hacker news politics poster? Automated posting? I am just genuinely curious.