A U.S. ground invasion of Iran would require a national draft and at least hundreds of thousands of troops, possibly far more, making it politically explosive in the United States.
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U.S. politics
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"to adapt to the real world if they are to win this war now I understand that in ground invasion would be political suicide..."
"OK, so I understand this is sort of like bonkers, but I mean, most people in this world happen to be religious. Christian Zionism..."
"Right. So something that we don't really talk about a lot is the idea of eschatology, religious worldview. And I think people underestimate the..."
"the financial side of the wars it's all extremely interesting thank you for that sir mouse game says has anyone seen mandami and jolani..."
"Yeah. So I felt the 2020 election was very close, much closer than it should have been. And so I was trying to analyze..."
"And they want a war in Middle East in order to advance Israel's interests. Also remember that America is now addicted to empire. Because..."
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