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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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I agree. I don't think occupation of the country is feasible. Even without Iraq I'm not so sure it's feasible.
Air superiority would be easier, but certainly no cakewalk. I'm pretty sure Iran still has a large airforce and a large number of fighter aircraft that the US might have to deal with if they were going to bomb Iran with any conventional means. I guess that's up to the war planners to decide.