Strategies for defeating Iran
1. Covert assassinations of National Military/political leadership. Sever the head of the beast and watch the sociological pyramid crumble. Civil war is to be encouraged, hopefully resulting in massive civilian and military casualties.
2. Strategic bombing of Power plants, bridges, radio/television stations, Military bases, and airports. Destroy all infrastructure, leaving sections of the country cut off from eachother, hopefully (once again) resulting in civil strife. Relentless bombing of any attempt to restore infrastructure and enemy ground forces necessary. Repeat until surrender.
3. Nuclear weapons. Use indiscriminantly and without mercy. Middle eastern politics is a kill-or-be-killed affair, and showing you not only have no pity, but are also willing to use these "Forbidden" weapons means an example will have been made, making the rest of the world refrain from action.
Analyzing possible counter-points...
Analysis complete.
1. Youre a horrible, sub-human monster!!!! -I live in the real world. Continue to live in your fantasy world at your own peril.
2. The rest of the world won't just stand by and let this happen. -Well, if I promise China all the oil in Iran and vow to not defend Europe if Russia moves in, it looks like I just gained 2 major allies.
3. Good thing you'll never have that much power. -George W. Bush has that much power, gained through "Dubious" means. Obviously, the American people dont care about their nation anymore.
4. You wouldnt dare. -Yes, I would.
5. The rest of the Middle East would rise up against you. -As if a bunch of dirt poor peasants with AK47s could stop a modern military machine.
Weapons of the solution.
F-22 Raptor Stealth Air Superiority Fighter.
In June 2006 during Exercise Northern Edge (Alaska's largest joint military training exercise), the F-22A achieved a 144-to-zero kill-to-loss ratio against F-15s, F-16s and F/A-18s simulating MiG-29 'Fulcrums', Su-30 'Flankers', and other current front line Russian aircraft, which outnumbered the F-22A 4 to 1 at times.Obviously, this monster will change the way war is fought.
M1 Abrams main battle tank.
The Abrams remained untested in combat until the Gulf War in 1991. A total of 1,848 M1A1s were deployed to Saudi Arabia. The M1A1 was superior to Iraq's Soviet-era T-55 and T-62 tanks, as well as Iraqi assembled Russian T-72s, and locally-produced copies (Asad Babil tank). The T-72s like most Soviet export designs lacked night vision systems and then-modern range finders, though they did have some night fighting tanks with older active infrared systems or floodlights — just not the latest starlight scopes and passive infrared scopes as on the Abrams. Only 23 M1A1s were taken out of service in the Gulf[2] and none of these losses resulted in crew deaths from Iraqi fire. Some others took minor combat damage, with little effect on their operational readiness. There were only 3 tank crew members wounded beyond doubt by enemy action
I dont think I need to go into the Abrams any more. It's combat record speaks for itself.
Theres alot more, but I dont feel like posting it. And, like it or not, I'm pretty sure this plan would utterly destroy the threat of a nuclear Iran (and Iran itself!). You may not like it, but I think its time to wake up. The world has only gotten worse since the fall of the Eastern Bloc, and it will continue to degenerate unless we make an example of someone. Saddam was only the beginning.
Originally Posted by Farnan
