“We watched a successful degradation of resources in the Iraq war.
This has none of those earmarks: example: the initial airstrikes were in the middle of the night on empty centers. “
This is exactly like GW I and II first night attacks except for the AAA. There is no element of surprise with a coalition in the initial strikes.
The killing will come with real time data acted on by drones and strike aircraft. I don’t know where this perception of a surprise leader-killing attack comes from. To my knowledge it’s never happened before and should not be held as a standard.
The killing will come over the next weeks and months as ISIS goes to ground or attempts to assemble for operations.
In concept is known as find-fix-destroy.
You break their stuff then you go after them. Same as GW I and II.
Ok...just seems silly when you know they have zero capability to stop you to attack at night...
I understand the concept and I understand how it happened in GWl and ll.
This is not striking a government. Its an army, true...but we should be in their face.
We’ll see how it plays out. My suspicion is they will melt into the populace and we have nothing to strike except a toyota here or there....