06-18-2019, 12:54 AM
(06-18-2019, 12:05 AM)bfine32 Wrote: You folks are a riot. I've said I don't want a war, I don't think there will be a war, and if there is a war I hope it's a coalition. None of that changes the fact the modern day Iranian Army is no more of a threat to modern day US Army than the 1990 or 2003 Iraqi Army was to the 1990 or 2003 US Army.
Do you folks really think the Iranian Army has advanced quicker than ours.
No one thinks the Iranian Army has advanced quicker than ours and no one has made that point.
During Desert Storm the ground combat lasted 100 hours. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, we were still engaged in ground combat 8 years later against an insurgency less well equipped than the Iranian Army which was defeated in 100 hours during 1991 when we got kicked out of the country with the job still unfinished. And we're still combating ISIS as a result 16 years later.
So suggesting the Rhode Island National Guard could wrap up an Iranian invasion in any sort of timely manner with minimal loss of life completely ignores the US military's track record conducting counter-insurgency operations during the past fifty years plus. It's effin laughable. That's the type good ol' boy over confidence which lead Bush to get over 5000 American servicemembers killed in Iraq over nothing. We'll just shock and awe 'em again.
Reminds me of my battalion commander telling us not to kill too many Iraqis because we don't won't to discourage them from surrendering. Such stupidity.
This is thread is like Catch-22 had an illegitimate love child with Dr. Strangelove. "Gentleman, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!"
