Gulli wrote:
I will say the idea that the US military would actually have a problem if they actually did engage in something as monumentally hilarious as this is erroneous, the US military in a conventional conflict could swat anybody else like a fly and I will even include the highly well organized French Army in this. The Iranians have aging F-14 tomcats and Tanks based on the ancient M-60, the idea this would cause the American military problems is bonkers.
Depends on what you refer as "military problems". Would USA win? Yeah. But expect an actual invasion be a great deal harder than Iraq - In terms of time span, the amount of USA soldiers required, and the amount of money spent.
Iran is covered in deep mountains on all sides (as opposed to open desert in Iraq), and the effective cutting of roads on their border areas is going to make the progress of USA troops extremely slow, often impossible. The land area is 4 times larger than Iraq. The population is 70 million (Iraq has 29 million). The active military troops consist of 1 million, and the military service pool has 11 million people. Iran is much more unified as a nation than Iraq, and the people will have a very strong motivation to defend their country (as opposed to Iraqi people).
No matter how much advanced technology you have, some basics in war still remain the same as they have always been. You can invade only with infantry, and infantry is going to have a hell of a difficult time in Iran. And USA doesn't have that good of a history of facing guerrilla war in geographically difficult environment.
Iran is a disaster waiting to happen for USA forces, if they ever go there. I certainly think they can win, but the cost would be massive, both in money and american lives.
So don't expect it to be nearly as easy as Iraq. Iran is on a whole different league.
Draft is one thing you're going to have.
