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[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 6 hours ago

Well, the USA showed what happens if they go off half cocked. Or, perhaps, they proved (once again - it surfaced in WWI, and the Blitz, and points thereafter) that the idea that the Air Force alone can conquer a country is false.

The US military is very powerful but if there’s no troops on the ground, it’s just very expensive and deadly fireworks