newfie
Well-Known Member
Iran is a country two and half time the size of Texas with 80 million people and a formidable military. At the same time they have surrogates located at numerous sensitive areas around the world and they would then have a good excuse to turn them loose. Not to mention closing off the strait choking off over 25% of the world's oil supply It would be a long protracted and very costly war in manpower and treasure. What accelerated our departure from Afghanistan and Iraq? We were in a recession and running out of money. A war with Iran would require the largest commitment of allied forces since WWII but could still be death by a thousand cuts similar to what we experienced in Vietnam.
bach29 : "I am so scared of Iran and their rowboat sized gunboats, now that I had to think about my fear I have to go clean myself up"