2. They were warned by the international equivalent of the FAA that it was an active war zone and to proceed at your own risk. From what I recall the FAA had already told US carriers to give it a wide berth...

I don’t think you understand how to do whatever it is you’re trying to do here.

Hey: at least I’m impartial.

First of all, nothing pisses me off more than the “derp you guys got your ass kicked in.....”.

Yeah, when you look at personnel losses in WW II, it’s pretty clear they have beeen willing to go deep when required. We are dilettantes by comparison. It’s only ever been possible for us to compete with that via mass tech approaches. And if we don’t use nukes, there is a limit to how long we could sustain the losses,…