• stumu415@lemmy.zip
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    1 day ago

    It will be more like Afghanistan. Iran is mostly mountainous and guerilla warfare will be the default. The US relies too much on technology which will not that useful in that environment. Don’t forget that the Iran army has been training for years for this type of conflict. Afghanistan was a disaster for American troops but will be nothing compared to Iran.

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      I dont feel bad for any american troop who dies. They willingly joined this military knowing all it does is attack other countries. I feel bad for the iranians who will die.

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        Ah yes selectively valuing some lives differently than other lives, that’s what a good and moral person does

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          13 hours ago

          Civilians lives are alwaya valuables, soldiers in a war where they are on the aggressed are always valuable, soldiers who is part of of the nation who is the agressor was never valuable.

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            20 hours ago

            No. They signed up under the premise they’d be protecting America, not slaughtering people to distract from the Epstein files.

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              Haha ok. Been on this planet for some years and I never felt an American solder was “protecting” America. Give me a break, we are a war mongering nation and you’re just an idiot if you’re not aware of that when the recruiters come around.

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          21 hours ago

          You know, there’s a term used for Russian soldiers in Ukraine that’s apt, Orcs. The american soldiers just might be Orcs as well this time if they do this.

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        Like they used to say at the start of the war that there will be not a single soldier on the ground in Iran territory

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          Sure the suckers stationed there will be sitting ducks, they will have to dig in, park a patriot battery and missile defense there, and then sit back and let the deciders collect kickbacks for the billions in missile defense they use. And batter back.

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          If you clear out everyone within 30km and set up a minefield, plentiful aa, and build anti fpv stuff it could be held

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      22 hours ago

      Yeah, but see, the US learned their lesson during the Iraq and other conflicts, so it will be quite different this go-round!

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        It’s going to be worse.

        In Vietnam, the us had South Vietnamese troops to use as a distraction. We’re not going to have that in Iran, cause it looks like the cia can’t start a revolution for once.