Iran Says It Won't Stop Uranium Conversion

""Iran could not invade Kuwait or shut down the strait of Hormuz"

Ahh..yes the ycan..they have silk worm missles, even the threat of usingthem would stop oil tankers.

""Nor could they actually attack SA with any reasonable success -""

Ahh yes the ycan, they have numerous medium range missles. Iran military is far stonger than any arab army

this suggessts an invasion...also where exactly would we get these solidrs to mass along the Iranian border for our "non" invasion

First off amassing an adequate number of soldiers on the border would have nothing to do with suggesting an invasion and everything to do with stopping any type of stepped up insurgency movement into Iraq...which Iran would likely try and use as a response to air strikes on them (via their only true option to strike back at us).

Though if we have the needed soldiers (both American and Iraqi) on the border any stepped up insurgency counterattack by Iran could be easily dealt with -

Where would we get the troops? - We have more than enough to be staged in Iraq for a 6 month to year status if a new operation with regard to the GWOT was about to kick off - Without a doubt we have the needed number of soldiers -

Hell we had several hundred thousands of American soldiers in SA back in 1991 -

As more and more Iraqi units come online over the next year this will further free up American units already in Iraq (which could move toward the border).

Finding the soldier numbers needed to do it is the least of the pentagon's concerns.

""Where would we get the troops? - We have more than enough to be staged in Iraq for a 6 month to year status if a new operation with regard to the GWOT was about to kick off - Without a doubt we have the needed number of soldiers""

yuore delusional, we do not have enough troops in Iraq to under take current operations and also mass more along the border with Iran

"Hell we had several hundred thousands of American soldiers in SA back in 1991""

youve been napping...we have shrunk the military by over 700,000 soliders since then. We deployed more thanks t odesert strom in 1990-91 than we have in the entire military today.

if you took all the military reductions that have occurred from 1990-2000, it would be enough to equip the world 4th largest army

yuore delusional, we do not have enough troops in Iraq to under take current operations and also mass more along the border with Iran

No, you don't have a clue to what is actually happening on the ground within Iraq - Our current levels of soldiers in Iraq are down by close to 20,000 since late last year (04) and early this year (05) -

Bringing back those 20,000 alone would help in meeting the needs of solely securing the Iraq / Iran border if military air strikes were decided to be used against Iran -

This doesn't even take into account the thousands more Iraqi soldiers that will be online in the continuing months ahead -

Soldiers needed to secure the border with Iran if action against them is needed will not be a major concern. We have the numbers -

""No, you don't have a clue to what is actually happening on the ground within Iraq - Our current levels of soldiers in Iraq are down by close to 20,000 since late last year (04) and early this year (05) ""

I know this because they was a temporary increase for the election in Jan.

I cant imagine it would take less than 100,000 to secure the border with Iran, those soliders would be unavailable for missions elsewhere in Iraq.

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