All over the news I hear and read the U.S. military is “overstretched” and that destroying Iran’s nuke sites just can’t be done or will be too difficult and cause tons of friendly deaths so we might as well forget it… blah blah blah… with the usual “military is overstretched” song.
What I don’t understand, is why people can’t understand that U.S. troops would never be involved in taking down Iran nuke sites. US troops would never see an Iranian soldier, ever. The military solution to the Iranian nuke problem is a 100% Air and Naval campaign with no troops ever used for anything. The solution to Iranians nuke problem plays directly to our strengths: applying overwhelming air and naval power.
U.S. air power would easily destroy Irans fighters and bombers, as well as anti-air radar installations and missile sites. The now safe air-power can bomb the hell out of every nuke site known or suspected with near impunity. Simultaneously, I would put a Naval blockade around Iran and warn them that any Iranian warship that is not in port by xxx time will be sunk. This includes Iranian subs as well, all of which would be shadowed by U.S. hunter-killers just waiting for the command to sink.
I’d be half tempted to sink them anyway, because once you take down their military force you effectively bankrupt them beyond what any UN sanctions could ever do. The time and money needed to rebuild ships, subs and jets would really set Iran back. So much so, they wouldn’t be able to continue their Nuke plans…. At least that’s the theory anyway, and I believe it would work, since it effectively dismantled the USSR in much the same way.
Taking down Iran’s nuke program does not involve, and wouldn’t NEED ground troops of any kind. Iran would definitely try to retaliate by declaring war and invade either Iraq, Afghanistan or both. A ground war is what Iran would want, and would be the Iranian strategy to turn public opinion in their favor by framing the American military effort as a quagmire. A few other nations would follow suite.
Confronting Iranian ground forces would be simple. Their effort would be futile since we can see enemy troop movements with satellites and U.S. airpower would simply zap anyone who crosses the border well before they get deep into either region. The desert is big and takes a long time to cross, they wouldn’t stand a chance.
Anyone who thinks troops will/would ever be sent to Iran in any attempt to dismantle its nuke program needs a brain transplant. Militarily, it would be a cake-walk. There really is no way the U.S. can go wrong here. It’s just not possible.
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