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Crocker: Iran war biggest shift since 1979. IRGC to rule. Air power won’t dictate outcome.
Air control ≠ regime change. Iran’s ground forces, militias intact. Collapse requires internal fracture, not bombs.
U.S.-Israel strikes decapitated Iran’s leadership, but regime change from the air alone is a fantasy.
An air-only regime-change campaign is untested and doubtful; can bombs alone unseat a regime? The Gulf will soon test this.
History shows airpower alone rarely compels surrender; without a ground threat, bombing hardens resolve rather than breaks it.