Unfortunately the US has nowhere near the number of soldier that would be required to hold or occupy Iran. Most optimistic estimates of fuly suppressing an insurgency suggest that at the very minimum you need 20 combat soldiers per 1000 civilians. Iran has, according to the CIA factbook, over 70 million citizens. That means you'd need about 1.4 million soldiers patrolling Iran.
For all the blood thirsty types I have one question, where are all those trained infantry soldiers going to be coming from? larry On 3/13/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > tBone wrote: > > I don't think it's the alternative. I think it is the current reality, that > > no one wants to admit. > > > > In a vacuum, we may be able to invade Iran, liberate it from the > Mullahs, and get out. The problem is with the insurgents; and this > was the single largest blunger Bush made in Iraq: not securing the > borders, too few troops to control the country. > > The microcasm of Bush's strategic failure is Tal Afar. > > Al Quaeda's strategy was simple: torture, kill, and terrorize the > citizens such that nobody will dare to help the Americans (sound > familiar? WWII?) Now things start getting fuzzy. When the Americans > show up the population is torn between punishment from those they know > and a foreign invasion force. Most end up shooting at and opposing > the Americans. > > What this proves is 2 things: (1) Bush and his entire civilian > military advisors need to be fired, and (2) If you're going to invade > a foreign country and call yourself the "good guys" you damn well > better control every inch of the country and have a well developed > well executed local infrastructure plan. > > Bush has and had neither. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:199742 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
