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The US would need a million troops to control Iran – not the few thousand currently on their way
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dude lemmings.world dude@lemmings.world
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mrdown lemmy.world mrdown@lemmy.world
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Iran is talking about 1 millions volunteers so far. During Iraq Iran war there was 3 millions volunteers

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joekar1990 lemmy.world joekar1990@lemmy.world
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I think it would be more than that. Iran is 4 times the size of Iraq with who knows how long their tunnel systems are. Population is also about 3-4 times larger than Iraq.

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vpol feddit.uk vpol@feddit.uk
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If they try to control Iran it will turn into second Vietnam/Afghanistan. Tens of thousands of dead US soldiers.

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bluGill fedia.io bluGill@fedia.io
Joined: 2024-08-15
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The US doesn't want to. a few people do and they temporarly have power but most don't care much so long as ' our boys' are okay

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someguy3 lemmy.world someguy3@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-04
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Trump just wants to do some special forces type operations.

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frustrated_phagocytosis fedia.io frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io
Joined: 2024-03-03
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I hope they wipe out the thousands, I want so many honor flights coming in that Trump has to live on the tarmac where he can't fuck anything else up.

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WalleyeWarrior midwest.social WalleyeWarrior@midwest.social
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I mean, there's been what? 4 successful conquests of Persia in the last 3000 years? most recently a joint a British Soviet sneak attack during WW2. But I'm sure that the empire that failed in in prior two occupations of Iran's weaker neighbors will be fine.

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AdolfSchmitler lemmy.world AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world
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fallaciousBasis lemmy.world fallaciousBasis@lemmy.world
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You forget Trump Always Chickens Out.

He's a guy that "grabs them by the pussy." He ain't buying the cow.

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RememberTheApollo_ lemmy.world RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-26
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I don’t think he wants the whole country. Probably just control of Kharg.

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Doomsider lemmy.world Doomsider@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-01
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The US just raised recruitment age from 35 to 42.

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fodor lemmy.zip fodor@lemmy.zip
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dellish lemmy.world dellish@lemmy.world
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Then chicken out 20 years later and have the power vacuum immediately refilled by the people you were combating. Oh, and thanks for the millions of dollars worth of assets you leave behind.

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electric_nan lemmy.ml electric_nan@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2022-01-15
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I don’t think he wants the whole country. Probably just control of Kharg.

But you can't safely occupy Kharg without controlling the mainland. Iran is hitting targets much farther away than Kharg.

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espentan lemmy.world espentan@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-02
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There were ~400.000 German soldiers in nazi occupied Norway in 1945, a country with then a little less than 3 million people. Arguably even that didn't really control the country.

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