I've lived through carpet bombing. It was called saturation bombing back then.
I was using the term as a synecdoche. a
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> Iran is also China's major source of oil. Would they sit on their
hands while we carpet bomb their oil wells? a
Um. If what the U.S. wants is Iran's oil, we're not
really too likely to bomb the wells, don't you think?
Much less "carpet"-bomb them. I think you may have
picked up that phrase without knowing what it really
refers to, just because it sounds satisfyingly brutal.
Might want to look it up.
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