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Ground Troops in Iran: An Idiotic Idea for an Idiotic War (jacobin.com)
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[–] Hoohoo@fedia.io 2 points 9 hours ago

Strategically, the idea of commando insertion is usually successful. It's hanging around to defend and control that becomes a nightmare.

A broken clock is right twice a day. Trump's MO is TACO, which just happens to correlate with a shock and awe operation.

We can't assume a ground assault is going to outshine all the other biggly clownshow points.