Let's get it popping who has the down low on the high low.

https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/counterintelligence/the-iran-threat

I'll start here

Liberate Iran restore the Shah expel the Muslims

Remember the outcry from the foreign policy and national defense establishment when Trump got elected, arguing that he was unqualified, a loose gun and would set the world ablaze? Remember how they argued in 2020 that the world would be a better and safer place with Biden at the helm, with "the adults in the room" back in charge?

The sadest thing about it all? A huge chunk of Americans still believe this narrative, no matter how hard it's debunked by reality.

This post was edited by Black XistenZ on Jan 28 2024 05:58pm

Conquer Iran & restore the Shah by use of overwhelming might

Iran is huge, has a ton of people, a rugged geography and is armed to the teeth. And backed by Russia and China.
Would the US military be able to pull off an invasion of Iran? Probably, in theory. But it would require a metric fuckton of boots on the ground, at least 1 million soldiers, probably more like 1.5 million. And public debt would grow by another 10 trillion USD or so.

There is less than zero appetite for that kind of adventure.

And then what?
Thats the most important question

Every gain Iran had made in the past 20 years has come from the results of American misadventures. We intervened in Iraq and Syria and Yemen and Libya and Ukraine. When the dust settled Iran was either in control of the remnants or allied with them to their benefit. Iran was founded on an American intervention gone awry, what's the magic plan for how it would turn out better this time?

The entire Iranian military would fall over the course of a weekend, just like with Iraq.

Iraq's threat was larger, though not by much.

Think Gulf War Pt 2

This post was edited by EndlessSky on Jan 28 2024 08:45pm