IF you hit the tools of repression, secret police HQ, leadership enclaves et all it may just ENCOURAGE the repressed. The mistake would be to hit things the people need like bridges, refineries, electric grids.
The problem is we are still operating under a Cold War developed paradigm of International Relations that does not take into account either the changes brought about by the collapse of the Soviet Empire NOR the revolution in weapons technology the West has experienced since the end of the Cold War. Here is an example. We currently have a GPS guided bomb. The bomb uses a GPS system to continually correct itself as it falls towards the target. Such technology did not exist even 10 years ago. Even during the 1991 Gulf War 80-85% of the munitions dropped were unguided "dumb" bombs. We simply have got to quit responding to ever problem with the same old worn out formulas and dogmas. The world has changed significantly in the last 10-15 years everywhere except in the bureaucracy of the Western Governments