But second, there is no history, there is no experience that shows an air campaign alone will result in positive regime change. In fact, there's not a single example of it in the entirety of American history. An air campaign without at least the threat of a ground invasion which the administration is ruling out never results in a democratic rebirth in an authoritarian country. So the plan they have laid out, sustained airstrikes without a ground invasion is destined to fail. All that will happen at the end of this most likely. (08:06–08:18)
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Asserts that air campaigns without the threat of ground invasion do not lead to democratic change in authoritarian countries.
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