No they are not. They are well trained and experienced. Iran on the other hand is not even a tiger on paper. Let alone their real capabilities.
They are gender neutral button pushers... if real war is declared half their ships and subs will find their female portion of their crews are suddenly pregnant and no longer able to serve... happened just before Desert Storm... there is a boat that got the nickname the love boat because of that, but more women in uniform now...
US mainland won't be hit. That's what matters for them.
Yeah, that is what they think, which will add to the shock if they can manage it... there are plenty of pro Americans in Iran I am sure, but there are just as certainly many disgruntled people in the US who want to stick it to the white men in charge...
They send hakf of their young makes into Vitnam war without any feeling. They will do it again if it serves their interest.
Without feeling when it was out of sight and out of mind, but when body bags started coming back to the US and the media started reporting from the frontline with real soldiers experiences instead of what the officers wanted them to show and say... things dragged on... remember this is the country that got bored of going to the moon very quickly...
US produce their own oil. Saudi arabia can export through the south. The strait will be closed maximum 2 months. Then iran will be destroyed and they will reopen the strait.
Hahaha... two months means Trump is losing the election, so they will back down way before then.
Well everyone still uses dollar.
They used to, but use of the dollar as a weapon has meant Russia and a lot of other non western countries have found they need an alternative and so they are no longer using the dollar so much... and the more it is used as a weapon the less it will be used by more and more countries.
The only currency that can replace it is the euro but EU seems to collapse so it won't push people replacing dollar.
Countries can trade in their own currencies or gold or they can return to a barter system of trading goods... of a combination of all three or more.
Contracts work when there is a justice that can oblige both parties to respect it. There no one that can oblige US respect the agreement. And they are much more powerfull economicaly and militarly than iran. So iran must ease on threats and play better.
That equate to the American position, but Iran can make up their own mind. Sanctions are a given... the question Iran has to ask itself is do they want to be under sanctions and be weakened economically and politically for the next 5-10 years and then have a war, or do they want a war now while they are stronger and less isolated than they might be in 5-10 years time.
Irans position is not nearly as bad as you like to suggest and Americas position is nothing like as strong as you want to portray either...
There is reality and your reality Garry. Iran is fucked anyway. They can either hurry up and get nuks quickly or go back to discussions with US.
What could they possibly get with discussions... the next day Trump might tear those up too... waste of time.
That's what it is. As soon as they have working nukes in arsenal, then the game changes for Iran. They will have an end game weapon that will force other players to more or less work out with.
I am not so sure, I think Iran getting a nuke would result in an Israeli attack and a high probability that Saudi Arabia will attempt to develop nuclear weapons too...
Libya and Syria were getting friendly with the west and giving up their WMD programmes when the west turned on them... they might play nice initially but if they ever thought they knew where their nukes were stored they would attack as hard and fast as they could... all the while smiling like their best friend in the world.
Yes, all US bases can be targeted and hit in middle east,l by Iranian missiles, so there is still that upper hand too. But as isos says, the US is willing to expend those bases and forces for their own profits anyway.
Iran also has shia muslim supporters in the region that could assist in agitation in the region... they could finally kick the US out of Afghanistan and Iraq, and make their position in other places uncomfortable too.
Plus just hitting oil refineries and even pipes and storage areas in the region would also add to the cost to Americas allies in the region... on paper the Saudis have a formidable air force but as seen in Yemen I wouldn't rate them too highly... the first F-15s and Typhoons shot down in air combat perhaps?
Maybe tearing up that agreement because Americas withdrawal and sanctions render it pointless to continue, with Russian and Chinese veto on any new sanctions against Iran because it was America at fault and not Iran... with a behind the scenes promise to both China and Russia not to develop nuclear weapons, but to make large purchases of weapons that will be useful to Iran like new fighter aircraft with new AAMs and air defence systems and equipment and anti ship missiles and the like with licence production contracts worth billions to be paid in oil...