GORDON wrote:How about closing all Iranian borders from the outside... no one gets in or out... and a country-wide no-fly zone is enforced? Every time a missile is launched, all of the area in a quarter mile radius is fuel-air bombed. Every time a radar is turned on, all of the area in a quarter mile radius is fuel-air bombed.
Six months until they resort to cannibalism in the cities?
Reduced to reactionary siege warfare? Not the most practical strategy. Enjoy your protracted war.
Oh I WILL enjoy it.
Hey, you guys are the ones talking about invading and occupying instead of flattening and parking-lot-creating. I'm just exploring the possible scenarios.
Also, it wouldn't be a protracted war. It would be peeps at the borders with machine guns perforating everything that approaches that slipped by the air and ground patrols, for 5-10 years.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
Hey, you guys are the ones talking about invading and occupying instead of flattening and parking-lot-creating.
No parking lot takes 5 - 10 years to make. Go in, grab everyone by the throat, quietly shoot everyone that disagrees w\ you.
Also, it wouldn't be a protracted war. It would be ... for 5-10 years.
How is that not protracted?
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
The war would last about 3 days until all Iranian military assets are bombed... I'm sure Russia and China were paying attention during America's last 2 major engagements. After that, it is just plastic ducks in a shooting gallery. I don't consider that a protracted war.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."