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Do you think the ground invasion of Iran is likely? (hexbear.net)
submitted 6 months ago* by to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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Boots on the ground or TACO as usual?

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[–] 34 points 6 months ago (6 children)

If the dipshits actually dare and go through with it, then we're gonna witness US KIA levels not seen since WW2, entire units will be gutted and the US military could experience an unprecedented morale failure

Iran for the most part will be fine, most of the urban centers are far to the north of anywhere the Americans could conceivably approach logistically, so the ground invasion will be defined by Iranian drone swarms decimating American units bogged down on some sandy shore or hilly outcrop

I just don't see how the US military can absorb mass casualties of the scale an invasion would cost, considering how universally terrible the morale and mental health of the US military is even in normal conditions

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  • [–] 29 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    This is why there's been relaxing of admissions requirement for the army

    They're hoping to get enough warm bodies to throw into the mix to try and make Iran pull back or negotiate

    Not gonna work and if they straight up implement a draft, they're going to see hell on their approval numbers

    Now... if they were to try and implement a false flag attack on a civilian center and blame Iran, I think that would probably bolster enlistment rates, but not at any level that would make a discernible difference

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  • [–] 29 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I don't even know if false flags would work anymore. The comments under every attack they try to blame Iran is filled with people calling it a false flag or blaming mossad.

    Those in power can't really capture the media the way they used to, nobody watches the news, anymore, nobody even listens to what the government has to say.

    I didn't even watch Biden speaking until like his last state of the union only to watch how fried his brain was.

    I don't think people will be as easily fooled as they have been in the past, they might have a monopoly on mainstream media but there are plenty of independent sources that are much more easily accessible than they were 20 years ago thanks to technology.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    I don't think people will be as easily fooled as they have been in the past, they might have a monopoly on mainstream media but there are plenty of independent sources that are much more easily accessible than they were 20 years ago thanks to technology.

    The US was doing a great job capturing and controlling alternative media right up until they cut USAID funding, really shot themselves in the foot there.

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  • [–] 20 points 6 months ago

    holden-bloodfeast "Iran thinks they're so smart with their nearly limitless $9,000 drones! Just wait 'til we hit them with our supply of uncs whose wills are too broken to effectively resist our conscription teams! With enough waves, Iran's humanity and sense of decency will force them to meet our demands"

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago

    Until there's a new draft and a renewal of mass "stop loss"ing of those already enlisted, it won't matter.

    Voluntary enlistments aren't going to be enough warm bodies, no matter what the standards are changed to.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago*

    if they were to try and implement a false flag attack on a civilian center and blame Iran, I think that would probably bolster enlistment rates, but not at any level that would make a discernible difference

    9/11 didnt even cause that many people to enlist. Like 40k over a decade or more. Not really impressive in a country of 350 million. And that was at the height of amerikan exceptionalism and jingoism. Nobody cares anymore.

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