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Tens of thousands of troops are not really enough to invade a country the size of Iran. The US used an order of magnitude more in Iraq, which had a third of th
by surgical_fire 7mo ago
Tens of thousands of troops are not really enough to invade a country the size of Iran.
The US used an order of magnitude more in Iraq, which had a third of the population, and a smaller and more geographically forgiving territory.
- BLKNSLVR 7mo agoYeah, but the Iranian armed forces have been obliterated...
- throw0101c 7mo agoJust like it's nuclear program…
- jasdfwasd 7mo agoTrump and Netanyahu believe they can win this one [1]: [1]: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/us/politics/trump-iran-war.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/us/politics/trump-iran-wa...
- cjbgkagh 7mo agoAnd the IEDs were in the ground not flying overhead. Asymmetric war has completely changed the math.