Unfortunately, I’m pretty sure Cotton is being over-optimistic here.
And how many months of ground combat, how many years of occupation, and how many decades of nation-building?
Well, let’s not try it to find out.
Well, only if you wanted to do it right!
Yeah, he’s talking nonsense...Iran is a huge, well-developed country, and it would take several months of bombing to identify and wipe out its nuclear facilities.
I don't think it's gonna happen. at least not by us.
Proof that USAF and USN combined strike capabilities are catastrophically too small.
Several days of bombing?
Take yer time and make it last a couple seasons...
No problem, Tom. Take all the time you’d like.
I wonder if Iran agrees to be bombed and to do nothing in return. It's not like Mullahs weren't warned years in advance.
At the very least the Strait of Hormuz will be mined and blocked, made not navigable by tankers for years. At the next level of response Israel will be seriously hurt. At the next level of response Iranian operatives abroad will carry out major acts of war - against the USA and against every other country that joins in. At the final level of response Iran will use the nukes that they have against pretty much anyone. Even "dirty bombs" can be used - and Iran has plenty of nuclear waste.
"Nuke 'em. Nuke the bastards." - President Tom Whitmore
Taking out their nuclear program could be done from the air, and that’s probably the right way to do it. The right day to do it was six years ago, after the antisemitic socialist was declared winner of the 2008 presidential election and before that druggie took power. Still, better late than never.
Unfortunately, any draconian measures taken - - either by the US, Israel, or anyone else - - would result in the elimination of a great number of Iranians, most of whom overwhelmingly hate their oppressors and are friendly towards the US.
Nope.
With exception of Japan (which was also the target of very successful unrestricted submarine warfare) no nation has ever been subdued by air power alone. And we used nukes on Japan. And they almost didn’t surrender.
I seriously doubt that we could take out the Iranian nuclear production without sending troops in. Mostly we’d make lots noise, and some very expensive craters, but, when it was all over, most of their refining capacity would still be functional.
Bombs alone won’t do it. And I don’t trust this administration to lead our troops.
Sorry but I do not trust ANY mission with Osama as commander in chief. He will send our pilots deliberately towards SAM sites.
The last thing our best fighters will hear on their comms system will be their own commander saying “Allahu Akhbar!”
Too bad Gen Curtis E. LeMay is no longer with us. I’m sure he’d have a plan that would ensure Iran was not a threat for the next 1000 years, if then.
It’s a good Idea. You know what type of vacuum that would? That whole stripe of land from Lebenon through Syria, into Iraq and over to Iran. I can already see Turkey and Pakistan smacking their lips.
With big enough bombs, it wouldn’t take more than a few hours.