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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Thats true, however those troops are pretty tied up in the continuing occupation and pacification of Iraq. I doubt that they can spare them for a march into Iran. It would have been different if the Iraqi military and police were at a point where they could take over the defense of their own country.
The prevelant strategy would be to stand off on Iran, bomb it back to the 10th century, destroy anything taller then a story tall, destroy their water works and electrical grid and force them to rebuild.
Even though I think that the American military could pound out the Iranian Military due to the fact that America could establish control of the air very quickly, the Yanks can afford and don't have the manpower to occupy both countries.
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Is that at all likely though? The minute they take to bombing Iran the whole Middle East explodes. Plus, the Iranians are not the Iraqis. They have much better equipment than the Iraqis did and likely could fight back against the Americans. Based on how thin they are spread out, that could be disasterous. The Americans take their eye off the ball in Iraq for a minute and they could find themselves with an uprising and rebellion that could force their departure. The people have had it with the American occupation. I don't think it won't take much to turn enemy into ally against the occupying forces in Iraq. The Americans need to be very careful where they tread IMO.