Roosevelt began to show Leo the other side of the coin.
"The think tanks in Washington believe that as long as they drop a few missiles and launch a few surgical strikes, just like they did with Saddam or Gaddafi back in the day, the other side will surrender and beg for mercy on their knees. It's too naive. External military strikes are often a potent poison.
"Instead of causing the enemy to collapse, they ignite extreme nationalism. Factions that were originally divided internally will quickly band together in the face of a foreign invasion. Hardliners will seize the opportunity to purge the moderates and consolidate their rule. Moreover, modern warfare is no longer the large-scale, massed-army combat of World War II. The enemy doesn't need aircraft carriers, nor do they need stealth fighters. They have missiles, drones, and a proxy network spread across the entire Middle East.
