| Iraq once had the fourth largest army in the world. Inside of Iraq they used natural cover to their advantage. The Iraqi's made use of ridges and hills to lay ambushes for the American tanks and infantry as they came into the kill zone.
The Iraqi's did not have an adaquate Air Force to protect their ground assets and their positions were chewed to bits by coalitiion aircraft before they had a chance to spring their traps. In the rare instances where Coalition troops on the ground actually caught sight living enemy soldiers they destroyed the Iraqi forces with very little loss of life.
Fast forward 15 years.
Similar situation in Iran except this time the gaps are even greater. Our weapons have been constantly improving while the Iranian weapons have been falling into a greater state of disrepair. (How many of their Tomcats can still fly? Two?) What kind of tanks do the Iranians have? British Chieftains, Pattons and some late model Russian tanks?
The best option, if we have the time, is to do nothing. The youth bubble is about to burst in Iran. Right now there are five people between the ages of 15-18 for every job available to them. The fundamentalist government enjoys very little popularity with the younger generation, given time the current regime in Iran will be replaced by a less radical, more open government. Iranians are descended from the Persian Empire and are a very proud people, we could use that pride to get the younger generation to fix the problems of the older generation. It's their pride that could be the greatest weapon, the moment the bombs start falling any hope of using this pride goes out the window as their rage will be turned against us, rather than with us.
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Please note that 98% of what I say is my opinion and/or my "version" of the facts. Most of what I say is rumor with little to no evidence to back it up, just something I picked up somewhere.
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