The delusion of easy victory from the air may have seduced the US into another war
“What they don’t appreciate,” Wheeler said, “is that human nature is unchanging. The technology gets more and more sophisticated and they find that we’re capable of more and more precision but that doesn’t change human nature.” In other words, said Wheeler, people on the ground react in unpredictable ways. Bombing them often builds resistance and solidarity. “Think of the German attacks on the British, did that weaken the British resolve? No. It caused the population to unite,” he said. “Surrender was unthinkable.”
The delusion of easy victory from the air may have seduced the US into another war
Air superiority is supposed to deliver a quick triumph. But history has shown that promise to be written on the wind
