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Reader comment on item: How Much Can Air Power Achieve?
Submitted by Wally (United States), Apr 6, 2015 at 23:33
The decision to not use ground troops was not written in stone. Obama is trying to stay (or get) on the good side of the Arabs. A new president can decide differently.
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| Air strikes will not work [174 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Prashant | Jun 5, 2015 13:41 | 223694 | ||
| where is this going? [60 words] | Frankz | Apr 9, 2015 00:21 | 222770 | ||
| 1 | Not quite accurate [164 words] | yuval | Apr 8, 2015 05:11 | 222749 | |
| 1 |  Winning is possible [83 words] | Bamaguje | Apr 10, 2015 21:09 | 222749 | |
| Accuracy Limited in Horseshoes, Hand Grenades and Nuclear Ambitions [302 words] | M. Tovey | Apr 17, 2015 15:24 | 222749 | ||
| Ho-hum again. [282 words] | Michael S | May 1, 2015 19:58 | 222749 | ||
| The Hum of Running Silent- Running Deep [323 words] | M. Tovey | May 6, 2015 13:05 | 222749 | ||
| It really is ho-hum lately. Caliphate not radical enough? [230 words] | Michael S | May 7, 2015 21:45 | 222749 | ||
| Marxist Leadership of the West in Agreement With Marxist Papacy-Aire Superiority of a Different Sortie [107 words] | M. Tovey | May 13, 2015 15:30 | 222749 | ||
| Mom and Apple Pie [528 words] | Michael S | May 15, 2015 04:32 | 222749 | ||
| Mowing the Grass [434 words] | Michael S | May 29, 2015 03:53 | 222749 | ||
| Control of Gaza is a chimera [28 words] | BG Davis | Jun 29, 2015 14:05 | 222749 | ||
 Air war [32 words] | Wally | Apr 6, 2015 23:33 | 222697 | ||
| What's the end-game, if survival is the issue? [166 words] | JIMJFOX | Apr 6, 2015 22:50 | 222693 | ||
| 1 | Dan is right but only for conventional air power [134 words] | Yususf | Apr 6, 2015 21:33 | 222690 | |
| Israel can eliminate Iran's threat, using conventional weapons. [161 words] | Michael S | May 15, 2015 12:19 | 222690 | ||
| 1 | Also, unstable dictatorships prefer to use air forces [169 words] | John in Michigan, USA | Apr 6, 2015 18:20 | 222689 | |
| Wars and relativism. [76 words] | steven L | Apr 6, 2015 17:01 | 222687 | ||
| What About Gaza? What About State-Sponsors? [178 words] | Alex | Apr 6, 2015 16:42 | 222686 | ||
| Continuous Warfare [161 words] | Michael S | Apr 6, 2015 16:14 | 222685 | ||
| Vietnam bombing ? [27 words] | KaiserDerden | Apr 6, 2015 15:49 | 222683 | ||
| Air Superiority Does Not Ensure Conquest - For it is the Expensive (Therefore Limited) Option [353 words] | M. Tovey | Apr 6, 2015 15:38 | 222681 | ||
| settled long ago [79 words] | Larry Seltzer | Apr 6, 2015 15:25 | 222680 | ||
| Of course [85 words] | Lars Nielsen | Apr 6, 2015 15:17 | 222677 |
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