How to take out Iran in a day:
1. Attack the Majilis (their parliment) when in session. This will kill most leaders.
2. Sink their feeble navy and destroy their feeble Air Force. Our killer subs will take out any of their six subs that dare leave port. If they are in port that is where they sink.
3. Limited EMP attack on infrastructure. No electrons in the power grid means total collapse of the nation.
4. Destroy all export ports for oil. That stuff burns real good. Their economy becomes zero.
5. Target all military leadership for death by drone.
We could do every damn bit of this from the air and not put one foot on the ground. It will take more than one day to hunt down and kill the military leadership.
You left out the bunker busters for their nuke sites.
I apologize in advance for some strong language.
People have totally forgotten that “war” isn’t what we did AFTER the first month or so in Iraq and Afghanistan.
War isn’t nation building.
I can respect GW’s efforts at doing in the ME what we did with Germany and Japan. Now we see how that worked out.
Blow stuff up and kill the right people, and if a “baby milk factory” sign pops up blows the sh*t out of THAT the next day. Then tell ‘em “This is not war. This is play time compared to what you have coming if you cross us again”.
Will the US media and liberals go apesh*t crazy? Sure. LIKE EVERY OTHER DAY.
Ah, you left one out, or sort of a “double”: Take out their refineries and destroy the IMPORT terminals. If there is enough storage to make a big difference, add in major gasoline storage facilities for fun.
No liquid fuel. Most everything grinds to a halt in short order.