Iran attack: US airbases in Iraq hit by ballistic missiles

Post by burfog » Wed, Jan 08, 2020, 5:31 AM UTC

lurker2823 wrote: post #30

burfog wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The US has won every war as much as was desired, and it will continue to do so. Every supposed "loss" occurs in DC politics, not as a result of inability on the battlefield.

sure, Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Korea (not to mention the countless 'anti-terrorism' strikes throughout Africa), all shining examples of 'winning'. Much like Charlie Sheen..... I feel sorry for the poor fools who blindly follow the drumbeat of war and think they are doing a patriotic duty to their nation / meat grinder, which chews them up and spits them out once they are done with them. But hey, Raytheon st…

"as much as was desired"

We decided how much winning we wanted, and we did it. Unfortunately for the soldiers and the taxpayers, the politicians have a limited appetite for winning.

Vietnam is a fine example. We limited the amount of ammo! We didn't mine the harbor until very late in the war. The politicians ran the war as they desired, winning as much as they wanted to win.

In all those wars, the USA very obviously had the option for a quick and complete victory. It just wasn't done. Thank politics.

Post by dforrestwilson » Wed, Jan 08, 2020, 12:05 PM UTC

elihu wrote: post #13

dforrestwilson wrote: post #3

Things are about to get real. If launched from Iranian territory there is a pretty clear case for the US to go to war. I know the “WW3” meme is popular right now but Iran is only a regional power and would likely lose a conventional war quickly against the US (matter of days or weeks).

> Iran is only a regional power and would likely lose a conventional war quickly against the US (matter of days or weeks). Iran would lose control of their airspace pretty quickly and we'd be able to drop bombs on whoever we want, but there's no quick way the United States could occupy and control the country in that time (at least, not without resorting to weapons and tactics that would cause massive loss of civilia…

Correct.

Conventional War =/= Guerrilla War

Guerrilla Wars can go on for decades even with lots of boots on the ground.

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