Reply #28: I have to agree...

[AntiFascist]

how much of this effort is motivated by the oil industry and keeping the military-industrial complex alive and well? The easy method of regime change would be to take out the leaders at the top, but this is usually out of the question. Keeping them alive ensures a long-lasting war effort with plenty of collateral damages. Once everything is crushed, the rebels, who we are presumably fighting for, will bend to the will of those leading the war effort.