Re:Why Did the F-14 Tomcat Retire Decades Before Its Peers? ...
by yywwbbn on Sunday October 30, 2022 @04:10PM
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No, it was designed to strike fear and terror into the hearts of common soldiers so that they would run away/surrender instead of fighting. Civilians were just collateral damage.
The uprising happened during the first war, but Bush I decided that he’d rather keep Sadam in power and that Kuwait’s oil was enough…
Re:Why Did the F-14 Tomcat Retire Decades Before Its Peers? ...
by SECProto on Sunday October 30, 2022 @04:28PM
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> Isn't shock and awe designed to strike fear and terror in the hearts and minds of the populace? When you bomb bridges, railroads and vital energy infrastructure, the civilians are the ones who suffer the most.
Per the Wikipedia article on the invasion and campaign being referenced, no this was not the intent:
> In practice, U.S. plans envisioned simultaneous air and ground assaults to incapacitate the Iraqi forces quickly [...] would allow them to attack the heart of the Iraqi command structure and destroy it in a short time, and that this would minimize civilian deaths and damage to infrastructure. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq#Opening_...
The real impact turned out ... a bit different than this claimed strategy
Isn't shock and awe designed to strike fear and terror in the hearts and minds of the populace? When you bomb bridges, railroads and vital energy infrastructure, the civilians are the ones who suffer the most.
You don't even have to target military sites when the starving people get rid of the "dictator" for you.
But you got that sweet black gold, so who the f*ck cares, right?