Comments by "" (@charliemoore2551) on "Israel ready to strike: Ayatollah's days numbered" video.

Terrifying! The arrogance of these people is off the scale. This fool should remember the outcome of the last time the US started a major war in the Middle East: The US just demonstrated how ineffective its superior force actually is in practice, made Iran by far the most powerful independent country in the region and created ISIS for good measure. The kind of attack he is suggesting is going to make it very difficult for the US's tame dictatorships in the region (it might well find itself having to invade quite a few of them in order to protect or even restore its puppet regimes) and will certainly not make Israel a safer place.
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@cyberfunk3793 Totally ineffective. How long it took them to get to Baghdad is irrelevant. The point is that this was asymmetric warfare and they were soundly defeated by a vastly inferior force. US influence in the region took a beating and has been taking a beating ever since while Iran has gone from strength to strength.
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 @cyberfunk3793 Not irrelevant? Which country currently has the most influence in Baghdad? The US or Iran?
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@cyberfunk3793 The biggest factor in their victory was bribing Iraqi generals to either stand down their troops or deliberately put them in harm's way. Of course they intended to take it over long term. The intention was to install a puppet government which would be loyal to Washington. They were unable to impose the government they wanted and were eventually forced out with their tails between their legs, unable to deal with the insurgency that opposed them. And they did so leaving Iraq as an Iranian ally. The exact opposite of what was intended. Totally ineffective. Iran is several times the size of Iraq, much more advanced and nowhere near as corrupt. What's more, since the invasion of Iraq, they have been deploying infrastructure way underground. So they won't be so easily degraded from the air. The US massively underestimated the "cakewalk" in Iraq. Iran is a completely different kettle of fish.
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@tonyrobin3124 Ah! so you've seen the entry requirements on US forces applications forms.
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