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Leveling it would be stupid not only ethically but militarily.
Remember Stalingrad? remember Berlin? Bombing the city only gives the defenders better defensible positions, as well as entrenching the people there. People who were before neutral would be pissed about their houses being blown up, the entire Shi'ia world would be pissed about their mosque being destroyed. Suddenly you'd have thousands of new recruits.
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"Smite the rocks with the rod of knowledge, and fountains of unstinted wealth will gush forth." - Ashbel Smith as he laid the first cornerstone of the University of Texas
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