NOTHING will ever replace boots on the ground.
God Speed and much prayers for all of our troops and allies. House to house fighting is nasty stuff with high causality rates. But it is necessary to clear out a rats nest.
AMEN with that.
Ground pounders still and for the forseeable future will remain the most vital part winning wars.
I don't understand that. If a TOW missile or a small bomb per house is too expensive, use blockbusters. Why do we have to do door-to-door fighting? It's a waste of our most precious commodity.
True, but precision guided munitions, liberally applied, can make the "boots" job much easier and safer.