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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Iran has twice the population as Iraq, a larger military than what Iraq had, a navy and airforce, and has not been shutdown for a decade by sanctions. There is no way the U.S. could invade Iran. The best they could hope to do right now is launch air raids. Likely, they will just let Israel blow up Iran's nuclear sites again.
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Exactly. Anyone who thinks Iraq and Iran have much in common beyond being next to each other and having names that start with the letters 'IRA' are needing to a whole lot of research on the subject...
America ultimately would win an all-out war (if you consider what is in Iraq today 'winning') but it would take another trillion+ USD or two and a full out draft neither of which i see America being able to sustain without a whole lot of pain at home. Certainly it does not pass a basic cost-benefit analysis - but then again, neither did Iraq...
Claeren.