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Originally Posted by theking
It can be done...but instead of a tour of 12-15 months...it would probably have to be for duration...like it was during the Second World War...or they could reinstitue the draft in short order as the draft boards are still active and all eighteen year olds have to still register for the draft.
I doubt that a land war is necessary as we have tremendous air power capability as well as Naval power. Air strikes and a Naval blockade of the Gulf would bring Iran to its knees in a reasonably short period of time. When all is said and done Iran's military capabilities compared to ours is insignificant.
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i'm not sure what the # is but there is a large % of troops who've been re-re-re-deployed, right? the military has even recently considered lowering deployment to 8 months.
but i hear what you are saying and agree, if shit hit the fan and we needed to we could increase troop #s etc. but seriously, i can't discount how much these guys weigh history, 2 long protracted wars + 1 is truly against the odds of history. maybe i'm giving too much credit to the top brass but usually those guys are the smartest guys in the room and they look for winnable outcomes/goals.