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Originally Posted by ilbegone
Go to Fort Irwin or Camp Wilson at Twenty Nine palms and convince those about to ship out that we don't have a presence in Iraq.
Besides, Iran is sandwiched between Iraq and Afghanistan. Libya is several nations by land and a couple of stretches of water and two sand filled countries full of hostile inhabitants away from Iran.
I'm not getting it.
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Iraq is like Korea. we have forces there, but no war to justify sending aircraft carriers to
Invading Iran from Iraq would likely leave our butts hanging out in a not-quite-trustworthy government there. With libya and a host of other nations still in the arab camp, what's to prevent a coalition of arabic dictators from attacking the US once it has shaken the Iranian serpent. No; I see strategic planning here. Pacify a few, invade a few; destabilize a few. No one to flank us then