Will the USA invade Iran?

Question

I am hearing political and news comentary similar to the pre-invasion rhetoric which preceded the invasion of Iraq. It appears some of our top officials are intent in establishing a case for the invasion of Iran. It appears our only interest in these countries is their oil resourse. Is the USA justified if our only interest is oil, and oh yea, democracy?

Answer 1

maybe we should screw up one soverign nation at a time. let's not get ahead of ourselves

Answer 2

I wish a military expert would address this question. But since I'm sitting here not believing these answers, I'll give it a shot. If you have been following military reports closely at all, you should know that the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have seriously depleted our troop supply and our weaponry. There are back orders on fully armored Humvees for Iraq that won't be filled until this summer. In short we are in no position to invade anyone. In reality, we are terribly weakened and our ability to defend ourselves in case of a major military attack is in question. All this as a result of fighting Iraq and Afghanistan. Iran is no Iraq or Afghanistan. For starters, get out a map and look at it really hard. Iran is roughly five times the size of Iraq. And Iran has about three times the population of Iraq. And Iran apparently does have weapons of mass destruction it would most certainly use to preserve its existence. To sum up, what is there about our experience so far that makes you think we are capable and prepared to invade a much more formidable enemy than Iraq ever was? And bombing? Didn't "shock and awe" prove the limitations of that methodology? Remember: the first night of the war we didn't hit ONE of the primary targets we were going after. Drop nukes? We've got World War III on our hands, and we aren't ready for it any longer. Not to mention that all this would cost more hundreds of billions of dollars--eventually breaking the U.S. economy at some point. It's a good thing that cooler heads are prevailing someplace.

Answer 3

Steve these guys have been bad guys since I was still carrying a lunch box..... Their President say the Hollocaust never happened & wants nucs to kill us & Isreal. Iran has been a backer of Terorrists for over 20 years. From Hezboliah, Hamas, The PLO, to AlQuedia. The Missles that hit Isreal from Lebanon are from Iran. The Mines & LED training killing our boys is comming from Iran. The one nation that is floating on oil , yet wants Nuc power ( yeah right) is Iran. Your Oil resource theory is BS. We Get most of our oil from non mideast sources like Russia, Nigeria, Mexico, Canada, South America. Any attack would cut off supply and raise prices to a level the economy could not stand.

As must As I'd like to do something about them, the military will be in a rebuild mode for the next 5 years. The need to replace people & equipment makes your Invasion idea a dim chance at best.

Answer 4

There are no "nuke silos" in Iran. They are developing a reactor site with "3000" centrifuges for whatever purpose energy or weapons, only they know for sure. In an ideal world more people would enlighten themselves by reading, watching and listening to many different sources so that they could form well informed opinions and make well informed assertions. I believe that Israel is very worried about the Iranians and is consequently putting a lot of pressure on the U.S. to do something about it, so I think we may soon see an air strike against Iran, but by no means a ground invasion

Answer 5

An invasion of Iran would be unjustified. Many nations possess nuclear facilities for the production of much needed energy. Aggressive monitoring of their energy producing efforts makes more sense. What I do see looming in the near future is an embattled north pole region where it is evident that nations are staking claim to oil rich reserves lying below the polar ice caps. Russia has set a flag on the ocean bottom, Canada is claiming ownership and planning on building military bases there. If we didn't invade North Korea and we are lazing away the Dafur issue and ignoring other world atrocities then Iran will stay on the back burner.

Answer 6

You guys gotta give up on this "we're there for the oil" nonsense. Again, what are you paying at the pump?? It's NOT about oil~period. Under the current conditions I would say an outright invasion is not in the works but, if we really want to hurt Iran all we have to do is send in the Air-Force and knock out their only refinery. For now diplomacy seems to be path the administration wants to follow and I agree.

Answer 7

Could be history repeating itself..In the Korean War, President Truman put MacArthur in command of the United Nations forces.When China sent in 1 million(making it 7-1 against our troops) to assist N.Korea MacArthur wanted to bomb China's military bases,food storage etc. and put an end to their assistance.. Thereby giving our troops and South Korea a chance... He got fired.. Now we have a brutal nutcase leading North Korea.... Now, enter Vietnam.. Guess who shows up to help Ho Chi-Man.. China... Who has the worlds largest army... China... These wars were not about oil nor about the US trying to take over the world (which is a next favorite) but about Democracy.. Every people should be free and not live under tyrannical dictators.. like those in "the Killing Compound" – the area of Camp 22 in North Korea's largest concentration camp. So if bombing Iran (who by the way IS helping the insurgents kill Americans and Iraqis) stops what has happened in the past, take em' out NOW and put a stop to the genocide that will occur if we back down under pressure...

Answer 8

We won't invade. But an air campaign is inevitable. Europe won't take a stand against Iran's nuke program. Iran isn't responding to sanctions. We'll hit their nuclear power, development and research sites. Almost certainly going after SRBM (short range ballistic missile) & MRBM (medium range ballistic missile) sites (yes they have them, in large numbers). Take out their air force. Probably go after what little naval force they have to prevent retaliation in the gulf. Take a few shots at their political and military leadership.

If we lett Israel do it, the entire Middle East might unite against what is percieved to be Israeli aggression.

Europe won't do it. They're stuck in a 1930s mentality.

The Russians are too economically reliant on Iranian military purchases.

If we do nothing, you've got an Islamic extremist government with nukes playing power games.

Answer 9

nah, but overt hostilities in the form of air strikes have been in the offing for a few years now. It is close to time too I' say.
The real plan is to balkanize the ME and that has been taken place covertly by arming and encouraging minorities witin Iran to stage insurrection.

it is worth recapping Zbigniew Brzezinski's testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee earlier this year:

it is should have been highly publicized but wasn't !

he warns that:

"A plausible scenario for a military collision with Iran involves Iraqi failure to meet the benchmarks, followed by accusations of Iranian responsibility for the failure, then by some provocation in Iraq or a terrorist act in the United States blamed on Iran, culminating in a quote-unquote "defensive" U.S. military action against Iran that plunges a lonely America into a spreading and deepening quagmire, eventually ranging across Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan".

Answer 10

It seems unlikely, as the military is already pretty heavily engaged in Iraq (of course, Iran is just next door).

Something less extreme, like a strike against thier nuclear facilities, or an order to engage thier forces in Iraq openly, might be in the cards, though.

Answer 11

This question can be found in the Q and A section. This has been brought up many times.