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Originally Posted by tjinaz
I would think you do both. If you go back to the intel/HUMINT side you effectively level the playing field. They can counter.
The US is nice actually. After they destroy something they spend double the money rebuilding it nicer than it was before. Go back to the British empire, the Soviets or even the Romans. Back then when they destroyed a city the sprinkled salt on the ground so nothing would grow there again. If the US were to really take the gloves off they would flatten every city of a certain size, blockage the borders and when they got organized enough to start rebuilding flatten it again. A low cost effective solution. They could even call it the George W. Bush gunnery range. Keep Iran in the Stone age for an indefinite period of time, with very little risk to troops on the ground. Of course the public backlash would be enormous but it could be done all that is lacking is the political will.
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Thats the only way to fight a country that you have no interest in taking control of over the long term.
Make them focus on rebuilding efforts, make them spend their treasury on restoring themselves and then knock it over again.
The problem is that nobody really fears the American's because the American's don't have the resolve to be anything but the guys that will slash you with a sword with one hand, and then bandage your wounds with the other one.
One day you might just get a president thats not interested in being a friend to the world anymore.