The Iraqis, heavily armed and trained by the Soviet Union and then Russia.==
As I said you facts are very loose. First off Russia did NEVER train Iraq. USSR did it but last time it was in 1970th.
They use the Same tactics the Russians used. ==
You talk this and I understand that you are NOT a military professional but some ignoramus who looked too much of Hollywood.
But you positioned that you know something and you exaggerated it greatly.
Yes, the Russians are likely to be tougher but we could have crushed them at any time since 1945 and they know it.==
But this one is pure funny)))...
Just reconsider this. Same people who told you this predicted that Ukraine armed with NATO weaponry and tactics will win over Russia. SO maybe you hey were NOT right after all? If not then anything they told about Russian and her military also wrong?
Yes, we could have crushed the Soviet Union. We should have finished the job in 1945. WE just didn’t want to. Militarily, today’s Russia is a feeble shadow of the old Soviet Union.