I’m leaning towards yes. But not till after midterms.
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It would be complete suicide.
We can't logistically support a ground invasion of Iran, much less a naval fleet presence in the Persian Gulf. All of our bases in the region have been destroyed. Our closest resupply base is Diego Garcia, which itself is just a dinky deserted island in the middle of nowhere that gets all it's supplies from Singapore. Oh, and it's in range of all of Iran's shit.
Our flag ships are currently without soap and toilet paper, and are on starvation rations because we can't get them the supplies they need every 7-10 days to support the 4000 sailors on board. Mind you, we're able to resupply carriers with palletized goods from over the horizon so long as the carrier is getting sufficient bunkers to keep their helos in the air. That's clearly not happening.
If we invade Iran, it won't be by beach landing, because we would get obliterated in a couple hours. The waterways around Iran are basically a giant kill box. We can't even successfully escort commercial shipping through the straight without getting torn up. What makes you think we'll get landing craft to the beach?
We can't logistically support a ground invasion of Iran, much less a naval fleet presence in the Persian Gulf. All of our bases in the region have been destroyed. Our closest resupply base is Diego Garcia, which itself is just a dinky deserted island in the middle of nowhere that gets all it's supplies from Singapore. Oh, and it's in range of all of Iran's shit.
Our flag ships are currently without soap and toilet paper, and are on starvation rations because we can't get them the supplies they need every 7-10 days to support the 4000 sailors on board. Mind you, we're able to resupply carriers with palletized goods from over the horizon so long as the carrier is getting sufficient bunkers to keep their helos in the air. That's clearly not happening.
If we invade Iran, it won't be by beach landing, because we would get obliterated in a couple hours. The waterways around Iran are basically a giant kill box. We can't even successfully escort commercial shipping through the straight without getting torn up. What makes you think we'll get landing craft to the beach?
You can't even invade by air.