CheefCoach
Active member
To be honest, I doubt that US military can do much in Iran.
1. It will be hard to find position from which they can attack Iran. Probably not any neighbor will allow to US troops to use their ground to attack Iran. So they will have to force Iraq to do so, and that will countinue Iraq war. Pakistan is nuclear force, and Turkey is pretty strong so USA can't make them ally. Now I don't know maybe Turkey would be in, but Erdogan have a lot of domestic problems so he can't afford a war.
2. Getting supplies to troops is second problem. Iran will lock Persian Golf, and use special forces to train insurgents behind US backs. If we know that supplies will have to go thru Iraq or/and Kurdistan, that is problem of it's own.
3. Most of Iran are Mountains. It is defenders terrain where planes, tanks and artillery are much less effective.
4. Iranians are warriors by nature, and they will probably defend their land to the last drop of blood. And they can mobilize millions of troops. At least 4 M. US military isn't big enough to deal with so many enemies, even if most of them are conscripts armed with AKs and RPGs. They can still dig trenches and be dangerous. So if USA want win, it will have to draft, and produce more weapons. That is extremely expensive and unpopular.
5. Iranian air defense is developing but they have plenty of good anti-tank weapons. They might get S 300V, and that system with ambush tactics can produce enough losses to US Air force (including here aircraft carriers components) to push them out of Iran.
6. And finally if Russian aren't OK with attacking Iran, they can easily supply them with more modern weapons (specially AA weapons) thru Caspian sea.
So no politician in US will openly say that some country is to big bite to chew, but many are. They can do some air attacks on some nuclear facility, but most of it is deeply under ground, and spread all over the country. It will only make beast wounded and angry. Don't forget that constitution of Iran prohibit it to start any war.
1. It will be hard to find position from which they can attack Iran. Probably not any neighbor will allow to US troops to use their ground to attack Iran. So they will have to force Iraq to do so, and that will countinue Iraq war. Pakistan is nuclear force, and Turkey is pretty strong so USA can't make them ally. Now I don't know maybe Turkey would be in, but Erdogan have a lot of domestic problems so he can't afford a war.
2. Getting supplies to troops is second problem. Iran will lock Persian Golf, and use special forces to train insurgents behind US backs. If we know that supplies will have to go thru Iraq or/and Kurdistan, that is problem of it's own.
3. Most of Iran are Mountains. It is defenders terrain where planes, tanks and artillery are much less effective.
4. Iranians are warriors by nature, and they will probably defend their land to the last drop of blood. And they can mobilize millions of troops. At least 4 M. US military isn't big enough to deal with so many enemies, even if most of them are conscripts armed with AKs and RPGs. They can still dig trenches and be dangerous. So if USA want win, it will have to draft, and produce more weapons. That is extremely expensive and unpopular.
5. Iranian air defense is developing but they have plenty of good anti-tank weapons. They might get S 300V, and that system with ambush tactics can produce enough losses to US Air force (including here aircraft carriers components) to push them out of Iran.
6. And finally if Russian aren't OK with attacking Iran, they can easily supply them with more modern weapons (specially AA weapons) thru Caspian sea.
So no politician in US will openly say that some country is to big bite to chew, but many are. They can do some air attacks on some nuclear facility, but most of it is deeply under ground, and spread all over the country. It will only make beast wounded and angry. Don't forget that constitution of Iran prohibit it to start any war.