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8. Bombing People Into Submission

Reply to Crunchy Frog (Reply #5)

Fri Jun 20, 2025, 01:06 PM

Jun 20

Usually doesn’t work, unless you’re dropping nuclear devices (Japan).

The only way we “control” Iran is we send a significant number of foot soldiers, which we currently don’t have.

Alternatively, we could gain control if the Iranian people spontaneously rise up and replace their government with a more westerly aligned one. With as much oppression as Iranians are subject to, I’d say this is possible. But Israel and US bombings would probably not lead to such an outcome.

Just my thoughts