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Originally posted by Omega85
Couldnt agree more allthough i would like bush to suffer a load more then being thrown in jail
Originally posted by Omega85
Just a question . how do u know for sure that the US has more advanced technology then the middle east??
And in the case of the two parties blowing each others countries off the face off the earth how can u say that the US would win?? people would die everywhere in both countries and everything would fall to pieces so i believe that should that event arise both sides would Lose bigtime.
Just a thought
Omega
ps.I have heared that countries around the globe think that they could wipe China off the map if they wanted to , like it would be crushing a paper cup But china has the biggest army the world has ever seen and as for the technology part of things who is to say that there not as advanced if not more advanced then the most "powerfull" countries put together?
[edit on 12-4-2006 by Omega85]
Originally posted by Peruvianmonk
Militarily Ameirca will win but in the long run the fall out will come back to seriously hurt the US when Iran provides informatioin and technology for Nuclear weapons to sum crazy terrorists.
Originally posted by GrndLkNatv
Winner: Nobody
Scenario US Attacks Iran:
1. U.S. Nuclear Strike on Iran
2. Iran Nuclear Strike on Israel
3. Russia and China Launch on the U.S.
Scenario Iran Attacks US
1. Iran Nuclear Strike on Israel
2. U.S. Counter Strike on Iran
3. China and Russia Launch on the U.S.
Originally posted by superhooptyratchetclanker
I don't know...
What, with the flying stealth boats, the super-sonic torpedos and God knows what else, Iran is looking and sounding pretty tough.
On the other hand, Iran is looking and sounding alot like it always has... an angry loudmouth with Photoshop, and a couple of store-bought "Super-Weapons".
Iran is a kitten.
With a bowel problem.
Originally posted by ImplementOfWar
Iran has no chance.
Third world guerilla tactics will be less effective then Iraq.
Iran advertise's balsa wood seaplanes and russian torpedos as their deterrent to a US attack. I wonder what the US would showboat if Iran was talking about preemptive Military action against the US.
From what I see Iran has no capabilities I'm worried about. I laugh at their underwater torpedos, they will see our underwater launched missiles when the time comes (hopefully in the next few months). I am personally sick of religion. I am sick of countries that don't seem to have any sensible humanity.
I hope Iran burns, along with the rest of Islam.
[edit on 5-4-2006 by ImplementOfWar]
Originally posted by jra
Who would win? In my opinion, no one.
1) The US is getting spread pretty thin as it is I believe. Things arn't too great in Afganistan and even worse in Iraq, the last thing they should do is go to Iran.
2) The Iranian army is much better equipped then Iraq. Sure it's not close to what the US has, but I don't the Iranian soldiers giving up so easily.
Like what some one else said. Army vs. Army. The US would defeat them, but it's not over after that. They'd have to deal with an Iranian insurgency. That's when things get really messy for either side.
Originally posted by ElTiante
Mehran, your country is part of a culture that in the last thousand years has contributed nothing but violence to the world.
The only reason any pays even the slightest attention to Iran is because WESTENERS found oil there and pump it out of the ground for you. The day viable alternatives for oil are found is the day the rest of world forgets about Iran.
All around the word (Iran include) people watch American moves, listen to American Music, wear American fashion and follow American culture. I couldn't name a single Iranian athlete, but I'll but you and whole lot of other Iranians know who Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan are.
Why is this? It's because America is vibrant, successful country. Yours is a country with a dead, 15th century culture and can only offer violence.
Originally posted by Vitchilo
ElTiante and ImplementOfWar are the worst racists, no lifes and no knowledge at all about Iran (unless CNN)!!! Congratulations!!
[edit on 5-4-2006 by Vitchilo]
Originally posted by Clipper
America has lost the propoganda war in Iraq. In other words, its actions have created 10,000 Bin Ladens, as the intelligence services warned it would.
However bad Saddam was, most of the world now think America is also a bad guy. After so much sympathy following 9/11, Bush is now the most hated man on the planet. Hatred and anger for America already could result in nuclear devices being used in American cities.
The American borders with Mexico and the ports are not being protected well enough. It could happen anytime. We know there are missing nukes and America has given the motivation. But the terrorists don't even need nukes to cause devastation. The 9/11 hijackers used knives and box cutters. A determined terrorist could cause mayhem with a knife or a rocket launcher and most airline cargo is not checked.
If America bombs Iran, the consequences could be World War 3. We just don't know how it could esculate.
Certainly most of the allies of America would not support the action. Dead Iranians would be televised around the world. It would be a recruiting sergeant for Al-Qaeda and other groups to hit America. Instead of creating 10,000 Bin ladens there would be 100,000. And tell me how America can stop them?
America would be devastated as nearly every country on the planet condemns it. The dollar would be dumped and the economy would collapse and every newly made terrorist would head straight for America to exercise their revenge. Bush would use extreme draconian measures to prevent further terror attacks, but it would be an impossible fight. What was once a great nation would close in on itself and enter a long period of darkness. A New World Order would begin, that did not include America.
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Originally posted by AceWombat04
I don't think victory in a war with Iran is tenable for either side.
...........
It is unlikely that air strikes alone would topple the Iranian regime. It isn't impossible, but militants can complicate any efforts by dissident rebels to take control, and it is all but certain that Hezbollah and Al Qaeda would flock to Iran. Sectarian strife in Iraq could spill over the borders into Iran if a significant power vacuum is left and the Mullahs are killed or forced from power. Granted, some of these scenarios are highly unlikely, but we believed it unlikely that an insurgency would still be going on in Iraq by this time as well. Afghanistan, Iran, and Iraq, could become a swath of land where insurgency and sectarian conflict becomes a way of life. This is why I feel neither Iran nor the U.S. would "win" a war.
All of this assumes Israel does not strike Iran first, unilaterally, or that Israel does not take part in any conflict with Iran as a U.S. ally. Let's just say that many in the reason would be "displeased" by this.
Originally posted by jajabinks
1. US will get into a war of attrition with Iran pounding away at sprawling US bases in Iraq with missiles and will destroy many US military ships with missiles like the sunburn, US casualties in Iraq will triple if not quadruple.
2. US will hit back with some punishing hits of it's own but will be forced to an early ceasefire because teh damage caused by Iranian attacks will be severe enough that they will be desparate for a break.
3. US air bases in Iraq (where most of the attack sorties will have to come from) will be damagaed by missiles and will not be able to deliver the punch that is usually the US knock-out like in Gulf War1 and Yugoslavia.
Originally posted by emile
Originally posted by GrndLkNatv
Winner: Nobody
Scenario US Attacks Iran:
1. U.S. Nuclear Strike on Iran
2. Iran Nuclear Strike on Israel
3. Russia and China Launch on the U.S.
Scenario Iran Attacks US
1. Iran Nuclear Strike on Israel
2. U.S. Counter Strike on Iran
3. China and Russia Launch on the U.S.
Interesting! Do you think Beijing really dare to bomb US? I can teel you that all of guys who live in Zhongnanhai ARE Scaramouches! The Jiangzemin for example, are exact afraid of death we all know, he is the No.1 against attack Taiwan because of afraid US will bomb Beijing