IF the US and Iran were enagaged in combat, how well would our (US) special forces do against theirs?
i "heard" from the media that the "quds" is one of elite special force units in the world.
please answer with explanation.
2007-03-30 06:04:51 · 9 answers · asked by john s 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
please no ignorant/racist answers.
2007-03-30 06:11:09 · update #1
Well, since you keep on getting retarded answers ...
The Al Quds Force does NOT emphasize Direct Action. It is a wing of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps that gathers intelligence and controls proxies such as Hezbollah and Hamas. It is much closer in nature to the First Directorate of the KGB than an American Special Forces Group. It is very, very efficient at what it does, namely, exporting terrorism and manipulating paramilitary organizations outside of Iran to destabilize rival nations and increase Iranian influence.
You can read more here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qods_Force
While not an exhaustive reference, it should give you a fairly good start.
2007-03-30 12:10:59 · answer #1 · answered by Nat 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The qud are very much like the green berets and CIA as far as what their job title is. Their job is Arab influence, training allied tribes and providing weapons to friendly tribes often labled terrorists by western forces. They are not really a fighting force though. They have no probably causing two formaly friendly tribes to suddenly start fighting among themselves, which is the reason they are given a high priority among the intelligence community.
2007-03-30 06:25:41 · answer #2 · answered by gregory_dittman 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Iran has no chace against our military. Regardless of the capabilites of thier "special forces". Look at the Iran-Iraq war, both countries killed thousands of each others soldiers, but never advanced what does that tell you.
I imagine in a military engagement against Iran, an air attack would be the first step. Having said that, I can assure you any communication, visible miltary istallations(i.e. air bases) would be targeted first; not too mention the ability of the US to launch cruise missles 24hours a day.
You should also know that we have aircraft that can jam any electronic eqipment Iran had. So clearly Iran would stand no chance aginst us. The Iranians best option to fight America would be the hit and run gureilla tactics used by insurgents in Iraq. Iran would be decimated in a soldier to soldier fight.
I almost forgot, remember the first Gulf War, The Iraqi Republican Guard was supposed to be elite, and a majority of them surrendered at the first sight of US soldiers, what makes you think it would be different in Iran????
2007-03-30 06:31:53 · answer #3 · answered by evil_paul 4 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Considering that the media's source for information on Iranian special forces is Iran itself, I wouldn't buy too much stock in those reports.
2007-03-30 06:09:48 · answer #4 · answered by Centurion529 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Yeah just like the Republican Guard were good. Arabs are lousy fighters. History stands by itself. The last time the Iranians had a decent army Alexander whooped their sorry butts. Go the SAS
2007-03-30 06:10:27 · answer #5 · answered by tom s 1 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Lets put in in sports terms
Hand picked NFL team (USA) against Pop Warner team (Iran).
2007-03-30 07:07:44 · answer #6 · answered by Boomrat 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
When push comes to shove in a land war they will run to their camel dung hut's just like the Republican Guard
2007-03-30 06:18:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
i hear they can throw rocks better than any other special forces unit in the world.
2007-03-30 06:13:15 · answer #8 · answered by danno 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
They can sneak behind enemy lines on their magic carpets or stealth camels, then blow up innocent women and children with their Chinese supplied explosives, all while wearing black diapers on their head.
2007-03-30 06:09:00 · answer #9 · answered by Armed Civilian 4 · 4⤊ 6⤋