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Originally Posted by if.away
Who said anything about an invasion? The article mentions massive air strikes that are supposed to cripple Iran so badly that nothing will probably function properly in that country for a long time.
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Not likely, with hundreds of thousands of US troops already in a vulnerable position in Iraq. Iran probably already has a very efficient underground network functioning in Iraq. Imagine the number of insurgents in Iraq bolstered by half a million highly trained and passionate Iranian Republican Guard forces; they'll make the current al qaeda inspired insurgents look like amateurs. If they were given reason to use this network and their existing resources in an open assault on US troops stationed in Iraq, it would basically ensure the failure of the Iraq reconstruction and of the long-term US plans in the region. Both countries know this; that's why Iran is using the current situation to force diplomatic talks, and why the US has no choice but to reciprocate. Iran is probably safer from US airstrikes now than at any other time in the last 25 years, because they actually have a realistic threat of a counterstrike.