Iran is reacting to a U.S. newspaper's "revelation" that the U.S. military is conducting reconnaissance operations inside Iran to identify nuclear and military targets by saying that they can repel any U.S. attack.
Yeah, right! They lost their eight-year war against Iraq, for crying out loud, and the U.S. beat the Iraqi military (that Iran couldn't) in six weeks. While no one is interested in seeing the U.S. cross swords with Iran over its nuclear ambitions, Iran's posturing IS highly dubious.
Unlike Iraq, any military conflict with Iran would have a definite start and a definite end and would not end with a U.S. occupation of Iranian territory. Current thinking is the U.S. would come in, destroy what it wanted, and then pull out immediately. The question would then become: would Iran continue the conflict by sending its military and Revolutionary Guard units across the border to attack U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan?
Let's not find out. The U.S. needs to restore order in Iraq, get out of there and retool the U.S. military before opening another front in the war on terror.
France and Germany are making all the noise about Iran's nuclear program. Let's see their intelligence on the subject for a change.
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