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Originally posted by Cowperson@Oct 15 2004, 08:58 PM
I would also point out that American ground forces might be stretched but they would be in precisely the spot the Iranians would allegedly attack while facing the full weight of the under-utilized American air force.
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I guess there are two perspectives on this scenario. Sure the massively superior US forces would be in an excellent position to defend Iraq from invading Iranians, but on the flip side, we've basically added a conventional war on top of an unconventional one. I doubt it would fill Iraqis with pride to see Americans defending them from their (or Saddam's) mortal enemies.
US forces would probably be pretty demoralized if they had to face a new, overt threat. Or, maybe they'd be happier, fighting a conventional conflict instead of counter-insurgency? (assuming Iraqis stopped attacking US forces... Big assumption).