• stumu415@lemmy.zip
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    22 days ago

    It will be more like Afghanistan. Iran is mostly mountainous and guerilla warfare will be the default. The US relies too much on technology which will not that useful in that environment. Don’t forget that the Iran army has been training for years for this type of conflict. Afghanistan was a disaster for American troops but will be nothing compared to Iran.

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      22 days ago

      I dont feel bad for any american troop who dies. They willingly joined this military knowing all it does is attack other countries. I feel bad for the iranians who will die.

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        22 days ago

        It’s going to be worse.

        In Vietnam, the us had South Vietnamese troops to use as a distraction. We’re not going to have that in Iran, cause it looks like the cia can’t start a revolution for once.

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          22 days ago

          Sure the suckers stationed there will be sitting ducks, they will have to dig in, park a patriot battery and missile defense there, and then sit back and let the deciders collect kickbacks for the billions in missile defense they use. And batter back.

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          22 days ago

          If you clear out everyone within 30km and set up a minefield, plentiful aa, and build anti fpv stuff it could be held

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        21 days ago

        Like they used to say at the start of the war that there will be not a single soldier on the ground in Iran territory

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      22 days ago

      Yeah, but see, the US learned their lesson during the Iraq and other conflicts, so it will be quite different this go-round!