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To: Flavius Josephus
Classical American Air War doctrine.

Like 1999 bombing of Serbia? It lasted three months, accomplished very little (the compromise - ie temporary occupation of Kosovo, which was later reneged by NATO, was made possible only because of Yeltsin government), it was done from the large bases located very close and the target was 16 times smaller than Iran.

If you have the concrete idea how this air campaign is to look like, present it, please. Using the Serbian campaign as a reference you could suggest:

How much hardware will be available (compare with 1999)?

What distances will have to be covered, which airbases will be used(compare with 1999)?

How long will it last (compare with 1999)?

What will be the physical results whether military, nuclear or civilian (compare it with 1999)?

What will be the political resolution (compare it with 1999)?

What will be the political and economic cost, and what will be the gains (compare it with 1999)?

39 posted on 01/29/2006 6:51:53 AM PST by A. Pole (Dr. Michael Savage is in and the diagnosis is clear: "Liberalism is a Mental Disorder")
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To: A. Pole

I"m not going to compare and contrast an air war in Iran with Serbia. I'm just saying... take out the AAA, defeat the airforce, destroy the command & control, own the skies over Tehran, try to decapitate the regime, control movement on the ground (i.e. if it moves it dies).

I leave it to the war planners to develop individual targets, and what other cities have to be managed.

Don't underestimate American Air Power. The Iranians apparently need a demonstration. My point is, we can't surgically target the nuclear sites, but we can sure as hell rain fire and brimstone down on their heads.


53 posted on 01/29/2006 1:52:34 PM PST by Flavius Josephus (Enemy Idealogies: Pacifism, Liberalism, and Feminism, Islamic Supremacism)
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