[shevy-java]

Iraq? Afghanistan? Vietnam?

I don't think any of these were short.

[thomassmith65]

Desert Storm was short. The second Iraq War, the stupid one, was not.

[invader]

However, to be fair, Desert Storm hasn't resulted in regime change. The Coalition bombed the shit out of the Iraqi army, but never committed to the ground operation deep inside Iraq. And Saddam's regime survived until the next war.

That alone hints that it is very hard to bring a dictatorship down with just aerial attacks - the ground component is also essential. Something tells me it is going to be the same here.

Only a land operation or a total collapse of the government, with the armed police and military joining the opposition, can topple the Iranian regime.

[torlok]

That's because Desert Storm was launched by people who remembered the Second World War. Current wars are started by draft dodgers.

[UncleMeat]

Desert storm didn’t attempt regime change. Iran is not currently invading anyone.

[fuzzfactor]

Desert Storm was mainly the US fighting for the Kuwaiti way of life.

[ponector]

This does not look like a smart one. A bit smarter would be to strike a month ago to support street protests.