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news@lemmings.worldEnglish · 29 days ago

The US would need a million troops to control Iran – not the few thousand currently on their way

www.independent.co.uk

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The US would need a million troops to control Iran – not the few thousand currently on their way

www.independent.co.uk

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news@lemmings.worldEnglish · 29 days ago

The US needs a million troops to control Iran – not the few thousand on their way

www.independent.co.uk

Past wars have taught us that America’s threat to send a few thousand ground troops to Iran is an empty and dangerous fantasy, says world affairs editor Sam Kiley

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I don’t think he wants the whole country. Probably just control of Kharg.
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  But you can’t safely occupy Kharg without controlling the mainland. Iran is hitting targets much farther away than Kharg.

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