US boots on the ground looming darkly over Iran

Wait 5 sec.

Wars often begin with confidence in distance — through precision strikes, remote control and minimal personnel exposure. It is a familiar American instinct, visible from the early days of the Gulf War to the opening phases of the campaign against ISIS. Air power promises disruption without entanglement, but history shows such bombing campaigns rarely deliver resolution. That pattern […]The post US boots on the ground looming darkly over Iran appeared first on Asia Times.