smack Down (and others)
Look, you CAN destroy a country by air to the point where they no longer have a method or will to retaliate. Israel is completely capable of defeating the air forces of Syria and Iran at the same time.
You cannot hide in bunkers (proven in Iraq). You cannot hide in tunnels for long (they show by satellite). You can't even move under cover of darkness (As proven in Iraq, Afghanistan, Panama etc). You can defeat armored vehicles (Iraq, Afghanistan), and you can remove the ability to manufacture weapons of any sort more complex than a club (Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia). You can inhibit movement of troops to the point where they are ineffective (Iraq, Afghanistan, Panama). All this can be done without hitting individuals or cities as entities. Only the infrastructure itself needs to be hit.
Vietnam, as others are babbling about, had preselected targeting lists, made months earlier, and aproved by a congressional committee. Of course the enemy also knew this after a short while, so kept a fluid battle line. There were NO TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY allowed, and changes to the list required months, by which time the enemy was no longer there.
