• alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml
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    1 day ago

    It makes it pretty clear how insanely unfeasible a ground invasion of Iran would be even with the most optimistic assumptions.

    1.3 million just for the occupation of an 88 million pop country, and that number just comes from other occupations, without taking into consideration the terrain or people or last 50 years of preparation for asymmetrical warfare.