:"The entire 11 February strike plan that was green-lighted in the [[White House]] Situation Room meeting hinged on decapitation strikes, stand-off air bombardment, and a visceral (rather than evidence-based) conviction that an internal uprising surely would follow — one that would topple the [[state]]. | :"The entire 11 February strike plan that was green-lighted in the [[White House]] Situation Room meeting hinged on decapitation strikes, stand-off air bombardment, and a visceral (rather than evidence-based) conviction that an internal uprising surely would follow — one that would topple the [[state]]. |