USA vs. Iran

[Turin]

Irgendwelche kindischen Zahlenspielchen mit 10000 Panzern und was weiß ich noch haben keinen Sachbezug zur wirklichen Welt und den Umständen und Vorraussetzungen dieser Konfrontation.
Der Vergleich mit Nordkorea ist unsinnig, weil völlig andere Grundlagen für Konfliktbegründung und -gestaltung vorliegen.

Wieder mal Lesestoff, der die bekannten Grundlagen und wahrscheinliche Entwicklungen skizziert, die im übrigen schon dutzende Male hier durchgekaut worden sind:

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Time Fights Iran

For those of you waiting for something meaty with details from Time's cover story on "What War with Iran Would Look Like," put the steak knives down. The 3,182-word answer: we're not sure exactly, but it would be really, really hard. Here are some of the choice cuts:

No one is talking about a ground invasion of Iran. Too many U.S. troops are tied down elsewhere to make it possible, and besides, it isn't necessary. If the U.S. goal is simply to stunt Iran's nuclear program, it can be done better and more safely by air. An attack limited to Iran's nuclear facilities would nonetheless require a massive campaign.
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No one who has spent any time thinking about an attack on Iran doubts that a U.S. operation would reap a whirlwind... Retired Air Force Colonel Sam Gardiner... has been conducting a mock U.S.-Iran war game for American policymakers for the past five years. Virtually every time he runs the game, Gardiner says, a similar nightmare scenario unfolds: the U.S. attack, no matter how successful, spawns a variety of asymmetrical retaliations by Tehran.

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