Conventional War Against Iran Is Not Feasible

Big Peace (Breitbart) ^ | 11/13/11 | Kerry Patton

[yup2394871293]

The International Atomic Energy Agency is expected to release a report about Iran’s nuclear program this week. Many nuclear experts and diplomats expect the worst. Israel is getting sketchy, and rumored plans of military operations against the Shiite state are increasing—operations vehemently opposed by Russia.

Iran’s recent foiled plot to assassinate the Saudi Ambassador on U.S. soil exemplifies Iranian defiance against the United States and our ally Saudi Arabia. Their continued influence in Iraq sparks grave concerns among many Iraqi citizens. The Arab Spring uprisings induced by Iranian proxies haunts many Middle Eastern nations. The list of reasons to engage war against Iran is endless, but is war feasible?

Prior to launching Operation Enduring Freedom, the United States could have easily squashed the Ayatollah regime. In fact, the United States and our allies could have defeated Iran while simultaneously conducting operations in Afghanistan. When we entered Iraq and pushed outward to other “red zones” in places like the Horn of Africa, our capabilities swiftly deteriorated.

[SJackson]

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[ROCKLOBSTER]

Conventional War Against Iran Is Not Feasible

Depends on what you mean by "conventional".

I'll bet our conventional aircraft borne and naval weapons systems will work quite well on them.

[GAB-1955]

EMPs aren't a super-weapon. They have to be followed up with real assaults, or else the enemy recovers.

[GAB-1955]

We had carbon fibers that did a great job on Iranian power lines. They’re cheaper than a nuke.

[Eleutheria5]

My thoughts exactly. This guy is talking out of his a@#/.

[Eleutheria5]

“Easily,” though? Maybe Granada was easy, but that’s a dangerous prognostication when it comes to wars.

[Lurker]

Saudi Arabia is not an ally.

[MNJohnnie]

The time to prevent it was 7 or 8 years ago.

Um NO. You cannot launch major operations into Iran without taking out Iraq 1st. We could not done this 7-8 years ago.

Unfortuantely thanks to electing "Barack "Brave Sir Robin" Obama in 2008 we have now pissed away our hard won strategic advantage in the region.

[SunkenCiv]

[tallyhoe]

Yea I know I was just saying it would knock out Iran’s radar radio’s telephones Television everything electronic.

[mountainlion]

An EMP strike could wipe out a country's power generating capacity all their motor vehicles also. Atomic power plants could be set back 10 years and the nuclear program would be seriously damaged. I think it would work where our embargo falls flat.

[yup2394871293]

Maybe not, but I don’t think Iraq in 2011 or Turkey is either.