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Will bombing Iran back to the ‘stone ages’ achieve any war objectives?

The Guardian · · 647 words · By Peter Beaumont
Moral implications of military strategy Historical military precedents Effectiveness of infrastructure bombing
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“During Israel’s 2006 war against Hezbollah in Lebanon, Israeli jets bombed the Jiyeh power station north of the coastal city of Sidon.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2006 Lebanon War was a 34-day armed conflict in Lebanon, fought between Hezbollah and Israel. The war started on 12 July 2006, and continued until a United Nations-brokered ceasefire went into eff…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since the beginning of the Israel–Hezbollah conflict on 8 October 2023, 22 media workers have been killed and at least 15 others injured in multiple incidents throughout Lebanon. Human rights organiza…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Lebanese Forces (Arabic: القوات اللبنانية, romanized: al-Quwwāt al-Lubnāniyya) was the main Lebanese Christian faction during the Lebanese Civil War. Resembling the Lebanese Front, which was an um…
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“The blaze could be seen for miles, a towering column of black smoke. Sand was turned to glass.”
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“The plant’s damaged storage tanks leaked an estimated 15,000 tonnes of oil into the eastern Mediterranean, the largest spill in that sea.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jieh (or Jiyé, Jiyeh, Levantine Arabic: الجية, romanized: Žiye) is a seaside town in Lebanon with an estimated population of 5000[1], 23 km south of Beirut, in the Chouf District via a 20-minute drive…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Jiyeh Power Station oil spill is an environmental disaster caused by the release of heavy fuel oil into the eastern Mediterranean after storage tanks at the thermal power station in Jiyeh, Lebanon…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A variety of factors affect the water and marine life along the coastline of Lebanon, including marine pollution, environmental impact of shipping, oil spills, noxious liquid substances spills, sewag…
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“Israel bombed the country’s motorway bridges as well, destroying spans and cratering roads.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2006 Lebanon War was a 34-day armed conflict in Lebanon, fought between Hezbollah and Israel. The war started on 12 July 2006, and continued until a United Nations-brokered ceasefire went into eff…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An ongoing conflict between the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Israel began on 8 October 2023, when Hezbollah launched rockets and artillery at Israeli positions following Hamas's October 7 att…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Israeli–Lebanese conflict, or the South Lebanon conflict, is a long-running conflict involving Israel, Lebanon-based paramilitary groups, and sometimes Syria. The conflict peaked during the Lebane…
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“A ceasefire agreement to end the war was signed, as half-baked as it was over-optimistic.”
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“Israel, as it does after each of its conflicts, declared a victory.”
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“On Easter Sunday, Trump threatened in an expletive-laden post that Iran would face 'Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one,' adding 'you’ll be living in Hell' unless the strait of Hormuz reopened.”
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“On Monday Trump doubled down on his threats. 'A whole civilisation will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will,' Trump posted on Truth Social.”
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“That culminated this year in Kyiv’s worst winter of blackouts as Russia hammered the country’s heating and power plants, but failed to force Ukraine to concede.”
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“The British decision in 1942 to move to a policy of 'area bombing' aimed at undermining the morale of the 'enemy civil population'.”
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“Sir Arthur 'Bomber' Harris claimed in late 1943 that he could bring about the collapse of Germany within four months.”
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“The US Rolling Thunder air campaign against North Vietnam from 1965 to 1968, though far more constrained in the scope of its targets, was not much more successful in persuading Hanoi to withdraw its intervention in the south.”
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“Robert McNamara stated in 1967 that there was 'no basis to believe that any bombing campaign … would by itself force Ho Chi Minh’s regime into submission, short, that is, of the virtual annihilation of North Vietnam and its people'.”
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“Mick Ryan wrote in the Interpreter this week, unpacking problems with Trump’s current threat.”
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“Danny Citrinowicz, a senior researcher in the Iran and the Shi’ite axis program at Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies, was also sceptical over whether such pressure from Trump could be successful.”
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