[WoofDog123]

i assume airbases used for sorties from iraq to iran are in the middle of nowhere or otherwise easily secured perimeter bases, dont know that for fact but if not true then it boggles the mind.

[chilepepper]

my point is that the insurgents will feel obliged to hit them, much to their chagrin...

[91B]

Third longest runway in Iraq is at FOB Bernstein outside Tuz Khurmatu. Majority Kurd territory, but within range of Iranian missiles. Just north of there is FOB Warrior in Kirkuk-big airbase. FOB Speicher in Tikrit has another big runway and then there is Talil air base outside An Nasiriyah, not to mention air bases in Kuwait and Qatar-and those are just the bases I have been to.

The point is we have plenty of options.