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   From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "a425couple"  wrote in message news:MugqR.259464$_bi8.17843@fx36.iad...   
      
   “Hope is not a strategy,” Kelly warned, questioning whether   
   the administration had any serious plan for the aftermath. Air power can   
   destroy targets, he added, but fully eliminating capabilities without   
   boots on the ground is “incredibly challenging”.   
      
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   The question is whose boots. The US has had some success using local   
   opponents to change governments.   
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change   
      
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