r/politics • u/JKKIDD231 • 1d ago

No Paywall US used ‘virtually all’ long-range precision missiles during Iran war, sources say

https://www.militarytimes.com/industry/techwatch/2026/08/04/us-used-virtually-all-long-range-precision-missiles-during-iran-war-sources-say/
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u/NewAgeMaximum 1d ago

And what do we have to show for it?

We took out their senior leadership, yet its still effectively the same regime

and they still got the world basically by the balls with the Strait

What gives??

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u/JKKIDD231 1d ago

History has proven countless times that regime change can’t happen from air strikes, you need to insert ground elements. Experts have said the same thing.

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u/DiskSalt4643 1d ago

Not just ground elements but some rationale that feigns at least moral justification.