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Originally Posted by crockett
Iraq's army didn't hand any one their ass.. Much the same as Iran's wouldn't. The mistake made by Bush and co in Iraq, was turning our army into a police force. Something it can't and was never meant to be.
Our air force would pound Iran into nothing with out a boot hitting the ground. No army has ever had a easy time with a insurgency.. Russia didn't in Afghan.. Great Britain didn't when we had our American revolution.
However any sort of military movements by Iran would be ended shortly after they were started. Iran can have a million man army for all anyone cares but if they can't move them they are useless for anything other than a defensive force.
If the US went to war with Iran we would own their air space in 24 hours and it would be non stop bombing after that. Much like the 1991 Gulf War.
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I was talking country not army.
On the other hand you're talking maybes. Nobody cares how some army could have won some imaginary fight fought in some laboratory conditions it was "designed" to confront.
The reality in the field today is the US is defeated. By a military or by a population or by rampaging rodents, makes no difference. Lost is when you haven't won, and don't know when, or if, you will.
But one thing generals, and apparently forumists refuse yet to learn today, but was taught them the hard way almost 50 years ago, and time and again since : The air battle is part of the battle, but is not the entire battle.