Bombing in itself never achieves a political goal. It terrifies, provokes, destroys, kills. It can assist victory when in close support of ground forces, as in the conquest of Kabul or Tripoli. But that impact is limited to the battlefield. So-called strategic bombing has an appalling record, mitigated only by the power of the arms lobby and a cosy perception that air strikes “send messages”, a sort of beefed-up economic sanctions (via Comment is free)
Posted on: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 13:00:01 +0000
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