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    Avoids a herd of elephants in the room: Archived Message

    Posted by Thomas Newfield on January 9, 2020, 4:07 pm, in reply to "Haaretz: "Can America Win an Unconventional War Against Iran?""

    There is an Axis of Resistance in the near and middle east, it's explicit, self-conscious, known; Iran is the senior player but not the controller: Afghanistan, Iran, Yemen, Iraq, Syria, (much of) Lebanon.

    But Iran doesn’t have a monopoly on raising, training, and deploying successful militias and insurgent forces - or of using their tactics in support of conventional military operations. America has a long record in this field too.


    Except that, support for US spooks is confined to well-funded pseudo ethnic clan armies with silly political platforms (YPG, PKK - the zio/US alligned Kurds); the MLK in Iran. And everyone else hates the US and wants them to leave. Funny detail to omit.

    A historic aversion to conventional warfare would almost certainly prevent Iran from committing troops to such a conflict, especially when the country controls so many highly capable proxy forces.

    MIllion. Millions. Of Iranian soldiers were killed in the US / Euro supported invasion by Saddam's Iraq. Cf. the US / Euro "armies" who bomb from the sky. Such twaddle.

    Any American government-sponsored attempt at regime change in Tehran or military invention within Iran’s borders is highly unlikely.

    ... if we ignore Mossadeg ('52); support for Pahlevi ("the Shah") ('52 - '79); the Iraqi invasion of Iran in the 80s at the behest of the US; numerous subsequent (failed) colour revolution attempts.

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