Could the U.S. military really afford an invasion of Iran any time in the near future? We seem to be stretched thin as is and the Iranian army is substantially more thorough than Iraq's. Iran undoubtedly is no friend to ours that can't be trusted but can the US really afford a new war at this point in time??
"Could the U.S. military really afford an invasion of Iran any time in the near future? We seem to be stretched thin..."
You are confusing "occupation" with "invasion."
It takes a lot of troops to occupy and pacify a hostile nation. It doesn't take a lot of our troops to smash a foreign nation and remove its leadership from power.
We can easily roll our Armies East from Iraq and West from Afghanistan and topple the Iranian regime. Should Iraq and/or Afghanistan need to be re-conquered and re-occupied, then we'd do that again later.
So we aren't stretched "thin" in regards to our defense...just in regards to occupation...and occupations aren't mandatory.
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"Could the U.S. military really afford an invasion of Iran any time in the near future? We seem to be stretched thin as is and the Iranian army is substantially more thorough than Iraq's. Iran undoubtedly is no friend to ours that can't be trusted but can the US really afford a new war at this point in time??"
Good questions. Now for the next question. With Iran threatening to attack the US and appear to be developing nuclear weapons, can we afford not to go to war with Iran?