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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why put boots on the ground when planes and drones can do far more damage?

Trump doesn’t want to be as unpopular as Bush 2 was (in large part to the unnecessary war that killed so many service members).

He will likely rely on planes and drones and simply continue to pummel Iran. [/quote]

The regime is very unlikely to fall based on air power alone.  Trump will either need to give up on regime change or figure out how to have ground forces there.

You are likely correct that Trump realizes US troops there will be very unpopular.  That’s why it looks like he’s turning to the Kurds.[/quote]

Boots on the ground in effective numbers are essentially an impossibility (financially, logistically, politically).[/quote]

I have family members in the military.  They and/or their colleagues have been quietly deployed to bases in the middle east over the past few months.  I'm not claiming to know what this means, but.....[/quote]

I hope that has more to do with protecting assets in the region and supporting air strikes rather than a boots on the ground invasion. [/quote]

A ground invasion is impractical. Iran is huge - three times bigger than Iraq. And it has a mountainous terrain that very much favors defenders. Iran's military is about 1.1 million strong and the vast majority can be expected to fight against an American invasion. Then there's the problem of where to stage an invading force. The US will have to bring hundreds of thousands of soldiers and weapons to neighboring countries. And I don't see Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, or Armenia agreeing to host a massive invading force of American soldiers. Even if they did, it would took months and months to bring heavy armor and everything else to the region. Plus, not that Republicans care, but American losses would be staggering if the US launched a ground invasion.

And then there's the fact that war has changed in recent years. Look at the astounding losses Russia has taken after invading Ukraine - more than 1.2 million Russian military casualties and counting. That was supposed to be a three day special military operation. That war has now lasted longer than WWII. And Iran is a much, much more difficult terrain to fight on than flat and open Ukraine. [/quote]

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