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> and from there they can grind on for decades with no victory to anyone. I see that as unlikely, at most they might try to temporarily secure the edges of the
by dmix 8mo ago
> and from there they can grind on for decades with no victory to anyone.
I see that as unlikely, at most they might try to temporarily secure the edges of the strait of hormuz with ground troops. Which is far a different scenario than operating 500 FOBs, huge airbases, and a giant greenzones in major cities like Iraq/Afghanistan or even Vietnam.
- everyone 8mo agoHistory is positively littered with examples of powerful empires embarking on a "quick" "easy" campaign then ends up taking years or decades.
- dmix 8mo agoI don't expect this administration to care about the Iranian people when it comes down to it, which is the only scenario they'd ever commit to something like that. They will likely only care about American objectives like destroying their navy/combat capabilities and make some deal with an IRGC leader to let them save face for an exit.