Come on..no Flock of Seagull fans around here (uhhh, not that I am one, but anyway...)
Lots of news coverage and talk, and increasing beat towards the concept of war with Iran. I have already argued that a war with Iran would be a major mistake. Notwithstanding the fact that we probably do not have the military fighting force ready for a ground war, I still believe any attack on Iran - even a one time missile and bombing strike to take out the nuclear facilities and decapitate the regime, could result in a total mess.
Lest we forget that we have in the area of 150,000 American troops in the neighboring country, bogged down in a war in Iraq. I still believe that if we attack Iran, even with a bombing campaign, its not unrealistic for us to believe that Iran CAN send 500,000 or more fighters across the border into Iraq to engage our 150,000 troops. Plus, MANY MANY Shi'ia will turn on us. We could find our 150,000 soldiers in Iraq surrounded by 1/2 million Persian soldiers, and have millions of Iraqis taking shots at us. Now, I know the rhetoric...gung ho and all that, we are the greatest army ever. Black Hawk Down would look like a good outcome. Its bad now. But we'd literally have everyone in the neighborhood coming after us, except perhaps the Kuwaitis (and the Saudis, but they fund the Sunni insurgency, so its hard to say that they are a neutral).
Then, of course, there are the freelance militias and terror organizations that Iran allegedly supports...Hizbollah, to name one. All of whom, I assume, would be set loose to attack American interests.
Attacking Iran would be the best way for all of us to see what the circles of hell in Dante's inferno look like.
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