| America is powerful, but in war the biggest mistake you can do is to underestimate the power and tenacity of your enemy and overestimate your own's. America can do a bombing strike on Iran we all know that; but Iran is no Iraq, they have a modern military force, huge population to draw from, its own Arms industry, large naval presence in Persian Gulf, large missile force, highly motivated military; therefore, bomobing Iran though possible is no small feat.
America has strong military that is highly trained but with its troops tide down in Iraq and Afghanistan, with some of its Carrier battle groups except for 2 all tide also in the Pacific againt the North Korean threat, most of its allies have had no stomach to support America in Iraq let alone Iran even their staunchest ally the British now sayin they will not participate in a war against Iran and the the stepping down of the Blair government, America is no shape or form in a position to wage a successful campaign against Iran in the near future unless their is huge commitment from NATO which is highly unlikely. The price of gas will sky rocket, the Persian Gulf will be closed and you will see nothing but a fire fight their.
Iran has tremendous influence in Iraq, we are currently fighting a mostly Sunni led insurgency that proved to be devastating but the Iranian will make sure their is a wide spread Shiite insurgency so that the Americans will be more tide down in Iraq. They will also have Hezbollah stir up fight in the Israeli-Lebanese border and before we know it this thing is going to spiral out of control throughout the middle east and you better believe that this time around we will have even less allies then the first time around when we invaded Iraq.
Invading Iran or even bombing it is no easy task today but it is do-able but the consequences it will have will far out weigh the gains will make. So at the end of the day it is not the smartest thing or most logical thing to stir trouble with Iran. |