After all these years of war, I’m stunned that there is anything left to be destroyed in that area of Syria. Secondly, I’d be surprised if it’s still heavily populated.
Of course, some of these people, have literally, no place else to go to, and little way to travel.
I have to strain to imagine living that way, with no reliable bus systems, no reliable law enforcement, minimized medical services if any.
I have been fortunate to be living in more wealthy areas of the world. Not so for these people. They are being defeated by the constraints of their own Islamist ideology.
Our strategy is to count strikes as good if they hit the intended target. The best targets are berms and bridges that are easily repaired, or at least continually under construction.
That way, we can repeatedly strike the same areas and count them as positive strikes. Under this plan, we can deplete our strategic assets and not degrade the enemy at all. It’s almost a perpetual war machine—a win-win for all!
Just think about it, if we targeted new areas each strike, we would run out of targets, and then where would we be?