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**putza** · 03-05-2010, 02:31 AM

No, it's not irrelevant and no we weren't comparing OIF to invading Iran. I specifically said Desert Storm. Iraq had a huge army and we expected to have a decent amount of casualties in that fight. We were hardly scratched. The same would happen with Iran.

Given similar circumstances, that's undoubtedly true. The problem is, we don't know what the circumstances would be for this theoretical invasion of Iran. Who would be our allies? Who would be Iran's allies? What would be the status of Iraq and Afghanistan? Hundreds of other variables come into play. Without knowing what some of those are, there's no answer to this hypothetical. No doubt, the worst-case scenario would be thousands, rather than 10's of thousands, so long as we didn't stick around for nation building (in which case it could go conceivably over 10 thousand). Without more information, this is a fool's game, but I'm sure you already know that.

03-05-2010, 02:31 AM	#24
putza Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 383 Senior Member	No, it's not irrelevant and no we weren't comparing OIF to invading Iran. I specifically said Desert Storm. Iraq had a huge army and we expected to have a decent amount of casualties in that fight. We were hardly scratched. The same would happen with Iran. Given similar circumstances, that's undoubtedly true. The problem is, we don't know what the circumstances would be for this theoretical invasion of Iran. Who would be our allies? Who would be Iran's allies? What would be the status of Iraq and Afghanistan? Hundreds of other variables come into play. Without knowing what some of those are, there's no answer to this hypothetical. No doubt, the worst-case scenario would be thousands, rather than 10's of thousands, so long as we didn't stick around for nation building (in which case it could go conceivably over 10 thousand). Without more information, this is a fool's game, but I'm sure you already know that.
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