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[-] mlg@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago

Obama pulled it off because Iran had significant geopolitical leverage and he wasn't dumb enough to confront them with direct escalatory military action (he still used Stuxnet) like Trump was.

He had no issues carpet bombing Afghanistan because they didn't have any military power that could oppose the USA.

Even for Trump, the real deviation from the standard Uncle Sam treatment was this year's crapshow. Last year's operation midnight hammer could have happened under any president for the past 3 decades and no one would've blinked an eye.

[-] Ophrys@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 weeks ago

Also, "everyone" is conveniently ignoring that invading and bombing iran has been a bipartisan wet dream since the islamic revolution took place. I assume almost every american politician is probably gooning every day to the images of burned bodies tbh

[-] Geobloke@aussie.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

Did Obama conduct carpet bombing? A quick google search indicates it was mostly conducted in the early stages straight after 9/11 under Bush

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