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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

the U.S. thought that Iraq would be like Japan post WW2. They'd go in, kick the crap out of the army, shoot Saddam in the head to the sounds of "Rock you like a Hurricane" by the Scorpions. Install a new government, democracy would break out and MacDonald franchises for all. they had no end war strategy in terms of working with the population there. Instead they pretty much wandered around, kicked over some buildings and installed a government that they hadn't thought about very much.

If the American's and their allies, dropped some heavy formations in, lavishly sprinkled it with air power, and really put some effort into intelligence gathering and targeting. I would be probably 6 months, especially if they went after the leaders. There would be heavy casualties.

But they would face another insurgence battle.

Most of these ISIS mutts, aren't soldiers, they're poorly trained, but make up for it with a fear of failure due to beheadings, and a limitless supply of hatred and psychopathic tendencies. ISIS leadership is smart, they would actually love to have the American's on the ground so they could make them bleed.

They never thought about the whole invasion very much and it was doomed from the start. The only thing holding the country together was Saddam and it was predicted that it would devolve into civil war once Saddam was gone. The US was being led by war profiteering idiots who should be charged with war crimes.