Especially a country run by a threatened regime. If the IRGC give in, they’re dead. They also have established that they don’t care about the human cost.
Absolutely correct. But I think the republicans are actually in worse state than the IRGC; they are the aggressors and clearly perceived that way by a lot of their base, and there’s still the idea of free elections.
No country has ever surrendered unconditionally from conventional airstrikes.
So we’re either going to see boots on the ground (well, they’re in the area), or more tiny hand flailing within that time frame.
That’s why I always have one old unupgraded pikeman hanging around since 560BC to take over cities.
Especially a country run by a threatened regime. If the IRGC give in, they’re dead. They also have established that they don’t care about the human cost.
Oddly enough, does this not also apply to the USA?
Absolutely correct. But I think the republicans are actually in worse state than the IRGC; they are the aggressors and clearly perceived that way by a lot of their base, and there’s still the idea of free elections.