Daily Star: US would need ‘one million soldiers’ to invade Iran, warns Brit admiral
US FORCES would need at least one million soldiers to defeat and occupy Iran in what could be another Iraq War-style quagmire, a top Brit admiral has warned.
Iran and the US have been at loggerheads in recent weeks as Washington dispatched warships and warplanes to the region citing “credible threats’” from Tehran.
Admiral Lord West – the former First Sea Lord of the Royal navy – gave a dire assessment of the potential conflict as tempers flare int he Middle East.
He told Daily Star Online the US would need at least one million troops to successfully pacify Iran, and a half-baked attack could throw the region further into chaos.
The 50-year Royal Navy veteran warned “idiots” in both the US and Iran are dangerously hyping tensions.
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WNU Editor: The problem is not the invasion. The U.S. military is very good at destroying the enemy. The problem will be the occupation, and that is where you will need one million soldiers.
4 comments:
What occupation? If Iran wants a war it will be conducted by the USA in a Japan, August 1945 fashion, with lots more attacks. We owe our dead nothing less.
That was my first thought to WNU. We USA can kick irans ass quick, but not win the long war. Proxies ect.
The U.K. got there ass kick in Afghanistan over and over again I don’t understand why they talk like they know how to win wars or make one with out asking for help.
Just take out the military assets and command & control in Iran and leave it as is; no invasion needed. Why; we don't need their oil!
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