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For US the only way to get rid of such Iranian harassment of it's occupying forces would be to completely occupy Iran, just as the US did it with Iraq 2006. The problem with this option is that Iran is much larger than Iraq, and has a lot more sophisticated weapons for guerilla tactics. When the US manages to occupy Iran, the Shia resistance could be organized from Kerbala in Iraq. If the US wants to stop that, the US would need to reoccupy Iraq again. And probably the US would also need to occupy Syria and defeat Hisbollah. O the northern front in Afghanistan the US would have to expect Iran to align with the Afghan resistance, the Taliban, and probably also Pakistan betting on Taliban victory all together against the US. So, if the US and a coalition of the willing would do all this, and I think the US is unlikely to do it, because it would need at least have a milion of soldiers in theater, how long the US could sustain such an operation? I think the maximum would be some ten or twenty years, even if the US would reintroduce the draft to get enough soldiers, and then the US would be completely bankrupt.
Originally posted by TDawgRex
reply to post by Denied
They may try to do things in the manner of Libya. Provide Air support and supplies only, supporting groups such as MEK to get the regime change they want.
I have yet to see how that works out though, as it only seems to put more of the same in power.
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
Originally posted by Cassius666
Originally posted by TDawgRex
reply to post by Denied
They may try to do things in the manner of Libya. Provide Air support and supplies only, supporting groups such as MEK to get the regime change they want.
I have yet to see how that works out though, as it only seems to put more of the same in power.
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
If you think that the people of Lybia will be as good off under the new regime, as they were under the old one, you are being optimistic, at least in the short therm. But we will see 30 years down the road.
Originally posted by Biigs
They systematically go after the next biggest threat until the last biggest threat is the worst people in its own country, at which point it will help a lot to be white and have a position of power.