What does history from a century ago have anything to do with this? That's like saying since China's eastern provinces were conquered by Japan during WW2, the US has an equal chance of succeeding in pulling of the same feat today.But it is US invading, not Iraq. Remember also, Iran is not invincible - it was invaded & occupied by both Russia and Britain less than a century ago.
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It's been done in the past already.
Nevermind Iran's arsenal and current performance, invading Iran would be an undertaking unlike anything the US has done before. Like the country has 90 million people and is four times bigger than California. Trump has pissed off NATO so much they're unlikely to contribute like they did in Afghanistan and Iraq, so a hypothetical invasion force will be solely American and Israeli, and perhaps whatever militia mercanaries they can scrounge up. How would America assemble, domestically, a force of that size without massive backlash from both sides of the political aisle?