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It's not merely that the US has not, will not, and/or can not put boots on the ground.

It's that regional bases and sea-based platforms from which the US has operated with impunity in previous conflicts, as recently as a decade ago, are no longer safe from retaliation. This puts the US, its forces, and perhaps more significantly its friends and allies in the region at risk in both the present and any future conflict(s).

> That’s because there’s no political will for ground forces by the US because it’s a dumb war.

It’s all very well claiming you can win, but when you don’t that’s the result you’re stuck with.

Most analysts doubt the US, on its present phase, has the capabilities of doing so.