Iran doesn't have to shoot down a single jet to win this war. Just move military hardware into caves. Sacrifice civilian infrastructure as the only viable bombing target. Wait it out until American domestic pressure from perceived war crimes ends the war. They can't afford to fight a land war or garrison over the entire country.

The fact that Israel has leveled much of the 140 square miles of gaza over the past 3 years and still fails to remove Hamas from power. No chance against 636,372 square miles and 93 million people. Worse odds than Vietnam. There isn't even a defined victory condition.

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praptak 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> There isn't even a defined victory condition.

It's even worse if you consider what rational options the mullahs have. Yes, they are a murderous dictatorship and enemies of US - no question about that. But they did nothing to provoke this particular attack and they still got bombed.

Backing off without first inflicting severe pain is just not an option in this situation. It would be an invitation to get bombed at will.

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ineedaj0b 3 hours ago | parent [-]

they were making a nuke, plenty of details there - and no one wants another NK situation in the world.

Btw, Iran with conventional missiles struck its Arab neighbors.

After Trump leaves office the next President will still hate Iran irregardless of political party.

	▲	asdff an hour ago \| parent [-]
		North Korea, famous for attacking with nukes. Once again the only nation that has ever used nukes on another nation is the United States. If anything it is the United States that should be disarmed because there is already precedent that they will use them. Everyone else developed the bomb because of the United States having it and having a monopoly on destroying any city with a single bomb.

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59nadir 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> Sacrifice civilian infrastructure as the only viable bombing target.

I'm imagining the air crew going "Huh, there are no clear actual targets to bomb. Hey, Cleetus, command won't be happy about us not bombing anything at all, retarget on that school over there, let's get this over with and go home."

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subw00f 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Wow, "perceived war crimes", what an interesting way of saying war crimes.

	▲	asdff 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Real and perceived. The lay public aren't generally students of international law.