Iran

[mrcorey]

Do you think the USA or Israel will take a pre-emptive strike on Iran's nuclear sites? And if so, do you think that it would lead to WWIII? In other words, does Iran have any Allies that would get involved? And how about troops, do we have enough left over from Iraq and Afganistan?

in Him;

corey

[BrandonL]

Do you think the USA or Israel will take a pre-emptive strike on Iran's nuclear sites? And if so, do you think that it would lead to WWIII? In other words, does Iran have any Allies that would get involved? And how about troops, do we have enough left over from Iraq and Afganistan?

in Him;

corey

I would be very surprised to see the US turn its attention elsewhere right now. Sitting here in Iraq, I think I have a fairly good view of the kinds of operations going on here, and to be honest, it shows no sign of slowing down any time soon. We simply have too much committed to Iraq and Afghanistan to bother with anything else right now. Iran has allies, yes, but I don't know if they would be willing to fight. If there is going to be a WWIII, it will involve China in some way. But, regardless, the US is already in the middle of two seperate conflicts (Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom) plus an intensive homeland defense operation (Operation Noble Eagle) so it would be highly unlikely for us to try to move somewhere else. And if we did move somewhere else, it probably would not be Iran, there more threatening countries out there.

[ayin jade]

Flyboy

We miss you in chat Brandon. We are starting to count the days til you return and can come and see us again.

[ted]

I would be very surprised to see the US turn its attention elsewhere right now. Sitting here in Iraq, I think I have a fairly good view of the kinds of operations going on here, and to be honest, it shows no sign of slowing down any time soon. We simply have too much committed to Iraq and Afghanistan to bother with anything else right now. Iran has allies, yes, but I don't know if they would be willing to fight. If there is going to be a WWIII, it will involve China in some way. But, regardless, the US is already in the middle of two seperate conflicts (Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom) plus an intensive homeland defense operation (Operation Noble Eagle) so it would be highly unlikely for us to try to move somewhere else. And if we did move somewhere else, it probably would not be Iran, there more threatening countries out there.

Good on ya!

Stay low over there, Brother, and take care. There's literally millions of us back home that support you and what you are doing.

I was part of OEF IV.

Anyway, Yes, I think that one of us (The US or Israel, or pieces of both) will launch against Iran next. I'm just not sure when it will happen.

I don't think it will be this year, although anything is possible. Now they will begin with the UN process (which will amount to absolutely nothing) and that will take a year or so. It will give us time to relocate massive amounts of troops from Bosnia, SE Asia (leaving a skeleton crew in Korea), Japan, and a few other places.

The troops are tired, but I think that it's possible.

Iran, much like Iraq and Afghanistan, will crumble and I'm not much afraid of their little threats. They can talk tough all they want, but they ain't much better than anyone else we have swept up, so far.

The trouble is going to be time. We have to give our troops a little break, so I don't see it happening within the next year or so.

Personally, I think Iran was the main target from the beginning. We took Afghanistan and Iraq, and if anyone cares to look at a map, you can see which country is now surrounded in the middle.

It's all part of the plan.

I think the pnly problem now is that we figured we would have the other two completed by now, but like you said, it doesn't look like it's slowing down much.

Same with Afghanistan. The only real thing that has waned there is the news coverage.

It's easier to pick on Bush for Iraq than for Afghanistan, so it dropped out of the news.

Have a good day and stay safe!

t.