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Sure but at what cost? Iran has air defenses so a no fly zone would be expensive and loss of jets. Iraq and Afghanistan governments also heavily rely on Iran.America has the capability to bomb Iran back to the Stone age.
The new sanctions bill against Russia, Iran and North Korea just passed Congress overwhemingly with only 2 Senators (Rand Paul and Bernie Sanders) voting no. Trump is signing it into law.The US getting out of the peace deal was always to be expected,
but the world doesnt revolve around what the US/Isreal wants.
This deal was all about Russia and China correcting the mistake they made when they allowed UN sanctions in the first place. Its all about legality the deal kills the UN sanctions, and there will never be any new UN sanctions. The US still has sanctions, and it was never expected for them to lift or keep them,
they are irrelevant.
US sanctions will weaken the economies of their European vassals, and cause massive disagreements between them, they may even grow some balls and say no to the US for the first time.
The treat of massive losses to their economy is nothing to laugh at, and the Europeans get all the pain.
Air strikes could neutralize Iran's air defenses, and destroy its infrastructures. The price of losing several to tens jets would be worth. Afghanistan isn't heavily reliant on Iran, and even if it does, China or India can be alternatives. For Iraq, most of its revenues (selling oil) comes from the West, and was never dependent on Iran in any way before the invasion of Iraq. So, economically, Iran isn't indispensable to Afghanistan or Iraq.Sure but at what cost? Iran has air defenses so a no fly zone would be expensive and loss of jets. Iraq and Afghanistan governments also heavily rely on Iran.
This is what makes the B-2 stealth bomber so key to any American attack on Iran’s nuclear program. As Northrop Grumman, who makes the plane, explains, the B-2 is “a key component of the nation’s long-range strike arsenal, and one of the most survivable aircraft in the world.” Not only can it penetrate heavily defended areas, and elude sophisticated anti-air defense systems, but it boasts incredible range with the ability to fly “6,000 nautical miles unrefueled and 10,000 nautical miles with just one aerial refueling.”
The B-2 stealth bomber can also carry an extensive payload, and deliver precision strikes, both of which would be necessary to ensure the U.S. destroyed the nuclear facilities in as few waves of attacks as possible. As Northrup again explains, each B-2 can “carry more than 20 tons of conventional and nuclear ordnance and deliver it precisely under any weather conditions.”
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You under estimate Iran. They aren't Saddam's Iraq of 2003 or Gaddafi's Libya of 2011.Air strikes could neutralize Iran's air defenses, and destroy its infrastructures. The price of losing several to tens jets would be worth. Afghanistan isn't heavily reliant on Iran, and even if it does, China or India can be alternatives. For Iraq, most of its revenues (selling oil) comes from the West, and was never dependent on Iran in any way before the invasion of Iraq. So, economically, Iran isn't indispensable to Afghanistan or Iraq.Sure but at what cost? Iran has air defenses so a no fly zone would be expensive and loss of jets. Iraq and Afghanistan governments also heavily rely on Iran.
This is what makes the B-2 stealth bomber so key to any American attack on Iran’s nuclear program. As Northrop Grumman, who makes the plane, explains, the B-2 is “a key component of the nation’s long-range strike arsenal, and one of the most survivable aircraft in the world.” Not only can it penetrate heavily defended areas, and elude sophisticated anti-air defense systems, but it boasts incredible range with the ability to fly “6,000 nautical miles unrefueled and 10,000 nautical miles with just one aerial refueling.”
The B-2 stealth bomber can also carry an extensive payload, and deliver precision strikes, both of which would be necessary to ensure the U.S. destroyed the nuclear facilities in as few waves of attacks as possible. As Northrup again explains, each B-2 can “carry more than 20 tons of conventional and nuclear ordnance and deliver it precisely under any weather conditions.”
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No, you overestimate Iran. Without Western air power, Iran & its allies (including Hezbollah) couldn't defeat ISIS. And why would the US have to invade? The US has air power that can bomb Iran to the Stone age. It's easy to damage something, not easy to rebuild/reconstruct what has been blown into smithereens.You under estimate Iran. They aren't Saddam's Iraq of 2003 or Gaddafi's Libya of 2011.
The US would also have to invade and they don't have the man power or popular will to do it to do regime change
SureNo, you overestimate Iran. Without Western air power, Iran & its allies (including Hezbollah) couldn't defeat ISIS. And why would the US have to invade? The US has air power that can bomb Iran to the Stone age. It's easy to damage something, not easy to rebuild/reconstruct what has been blown into smithereens.You under estimate Iran. They aren't Saddam's Iraq of 2003 or Gaddafi's Libya of 2011.
The US would also have to invade and they don't have the man power or popular will to do it to do regime change
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