Reply #6: City capture and endless guerrilla war in cities and mountains. [View All]

[tabasco]

- Assuming an invasion with three full up Army Corps (10-15 divisions)- This would require leaving only a skeleton crew in Korea and Afghanistan, with a huge support base operating out of Iraq. The National Guard & Reserves would have to be fully activated.
- We would destroy them in a conventional war, due largely to air power.
- They would kick our ass in the attempted occupation. Our rear echelons would be vulnerable in Iraq also, with most combat forces deployed in Iran.
- Invading Iran (in the current situation) would be sheer lunacy and I think the US military would come close to rebellion.
- IMO, the Bush cabal is rattling sabers for political gain. Not entirely rational, but either was the Iraq invasion. They want to portray themselves as tough in foreign policy, but reasonable people should see them as lunatics.

Just my humble.