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Re:Trump says US has bombed Fordo nuclear plant in attack on... by ummonk on Saturday June 21, 2025 @09:47PM (#44342500)
Ah I see what you mean. Yes they don’t have the birth rate (or the suicidal fanaticism) to sustain a decades long attritional war against an occupation like Afghanistan or Yemen can.

But given the size of the existing Iranian population and geography, and the lack of any significantly sized pre-existing anti-government military faction, I’m not sure the US military is large enough to even occupy Iran in the first place, absent a draft.

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Re:Trump says US has bombed Fordo nuclear plant in attack on... by awongh on Saturday June 21, 2025 @10:15PM (#44342715)
It would be reaaalllly stupid for the USA to invade Iran.

Hopefully Iran is the one that blinks for the reasons above.

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Re:Trump says US has bombed Fordo nuclear plant in attack on... by MichaelZuo on Saturday June 21, 2025 @10:31PM (#44342834)
Why would they blink when they know they are safe from a boots on the ground invasion for the forseeable future?
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Re:Trump says US has bombed Fordo nuclear plant in attack on... by jt_b on Saturday June 21, 2025 @11:19PM (#44343196)
I think they probably like having an GDP 25x larger than North Korea's. Gets a lot harder to export your products around the world when you're squared off against the US.
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Re:Trump says US has bombed Fordo nuclear plant in attack on... by MichaelZuo on Saturday June 21, 2025 @11:33PM (#44343285)
How does that follow?
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Re:Trump says US has bombed Fordo nuclear plant in attack on... by sebmellen on Sunday June 22, 2025 @12:26AM (#44343612)
We don’t need to occupy Iran to absolutely decimate their economic output.
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Re:Trump says US has bombed Fordo nuclear plant in attack on... by riffraff on Sunday June 22, 2025 @01:20AM (#44343923)
What else are you going to do? Iran has been sanctioned by the US for decades.

Can you really sell "we'll be bombing civilians for years"?

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Re:Trump says US has bombed Fordo nuclear plant in attack on... by seanmcdirmid on Sunday June 22, 2025 @12:50AM (#44343748)
They still trade oil with China, that is as much as the rest of the world they need. Of course, getting trade overland is a bit more difficult than by boat which is mostly cut off during a war.
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