C/B Lattanzio
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Hey all, I know I'm opening up a can of worms, but does anyone think in the near future that there will be conflict between us and Iran anytime soon?
Inm talking about Full on, boots on the ground, 5th fleet involvement.
Also, we've had this dammed shadow conflict for the last 30 years.
Highly Unlikely. I doubt we will occupy anyone anytime soon. There are many options short of that that we and our allies can bring to bear.
"But in my opinion, any future defense secretary who advises the president to again send a big American land army into Asia or into the Middle East or Africa should 'have his head examined,' as General MacArthur so delicately put it."
United States Military Academy (West Point, NY)
As Delivered by Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, West Point, NY, Friday, February 25, 2011
Agreed. The majority of the population in Iran does not support their government. I would be willing to bet that our government would rather wait for them to cause change from within before sending an invasion force.
with that being said, we may be forced to join in the larger conflict if Israel gets itself into a war against the rest of the middle east.