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Warnings of Iran Invasion Grow as US to Send Up to 5,000 Marines, Sailors to Middle East

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[–] Paranoidfactoid@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

It's Vietnam all over again.

[–] DMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Well, Iran is almost 5x the size of Vietnam;

it's government has been in existence for almost 50 years, or maybe almost twice the time that Vietnam was independent in 1975;

there is no "South Iran";

and Moscow and Beijing have been getting along for these past few decades;

unlike boomers and those older, young men haven't been drafted for 50 years;

oh, and LBJ dropped out of the 1968 primaries before his 70th birthday, and Nixon resigned at 61, after he went to China and signed a SALT treaty with the USSR;

but aside from all of that, it will be pretty much like Vietnam.

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[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

WRONG. Iran is desert, not jungle, dumbass.

(I hope it's clear I'm being silly at you. Because I am. Being silly at you.)

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[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago

https://maritime-executive.com/article/report-us-amphibious-ships-with-marine-unit-head-to-middle-east

Battle group, USS Tripoli, is 2400 marines and 2600 sailors spread around 5-8 ships.

Iran will heavily commit to a Waterloo event, and 99-1 that will be outcome if they go beyond Oman, and they are still strikable in Oman.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

i heard they were sending more today, and apparently US is unlikely able to defend karage island , its a fools errand. also wasting anti-missiles missile defense to destroy cheap drones and iranian missiles, also taking away AA resources from israel.

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