War with Iran?

[Dill]

(06-17-2019, 06:38 PM)Bengalzona Wrote: The terrain in Iran is more like Afghanistan than Iraq for the most part. And Tehran is located in the mountain making it harder to reach. We could take most of the populated areas within a short time. But guerilla forces in the mountains would be a nightmare for our forces, and probably much better armed and motivated than the Taliban fighters in Afghanistan. Ground war in Iran would be ugly and costly.

Sounds like you are saying that because Iran is bigger and more populous than Iraq and Afghanistan put together, it would be more difficult to invade than either of those countries.

What if, unlike Iraq and the Taliban, they had anti-aircraft and anti-ship missiles, not to mention aircraft and armor? And what if, as a more modern state, they could within a month put a million already trained men in uniform, with potential for another 10 million as militia?

And what if, unlike Iraq and the Taliban, they had armed and effective proxies in five other countries who might be willing to escalate and broaden the war? Not to mention some major state backers like Russia?  

Still, who knows? They could just collapse for some reason.  We could take out their SAMs before they took out our jets, and then take out their medium range ballistic missiles before they took our our ships. Except for the missiles underground maybe. And possibly they would let us occupy them with fewer troops than needed in either Iraq or Afghanistan and for a shorter time.  Could be most Iranians would say "They have defeated our military; if we just behave normally and don't work up an insurgency, they will leave quickly." No one knows for sure. Lol.

NB: Just saw your map. That proves they are a lot smaller than the US. We could definitely take them.