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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Griffworks: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by EvilTree: [qb] Middle East is some sort of aberration Asia. Screw desert. ;) There were also two Korean battalions fighting with the Yanks in Vietnam War, having the highest death to kill ratio in entire war.[/qb][/QUOTE]Not to forget that the South Koreans who assisted the U.S. troops were deployed as tunnel rat's, as well as jungle fighters. I heard stories of those guys going into the jungle for a week w/very little in the way of food, but as much ammunition as they could carry. They kill off any VC they ran across and take their food - something the U.S. troops would never do. A lot of times, they'd come back w/excess food to share w/their buds back at the firebase. This, and I recall reading that this is how the "necklace of ears" stories started, as a lot of the ROK Marines (South Korean Marines) were highly disciplined, but also very Hard Core. [qb] [QUOTE]I don't see why hit Iran now? The fundy cleric nutters still have much power yes, but looks like gradually reforms are coming through, unless this is some big Iranian sham. [/qb][/QUOTE]Politically and militarily, it wouldn't be at all smart. For starters, we've got fewer troops in the Middle East than we did prior to the start of the Iraq campaign. Also, what has Iran actually done that we could use as a "logical" reason for starting to bomb or invade them? Nothing. Iran has been a bunch of Good Boys who, for the most part, are playing by the rules as the U.S. has stated them for the region. To act in any fashion towards Iran would be considered going over the line and we'd then have made France's case that we're too aggressive and only seeking to further U.S. World Supremacy. You know, that New World Order thing. No, I don't see us "hitting" Iran in any fashion in the immediate future (1 - 2 years), if ever. As has already been mentioned, they're making slow progression in the areas of "Westernization" with their society. They're still pretty fundamentalist, but things are at least changing in the direction that the U.S. would like to see. And while it's conceivable that they're hiding Al Qaeda or Hussein Regime members, they're doing so Very Covertly and are keeping a tight reign on them. If they were to knowingly hide those individuals, they'd give the U.S. a very good reason to turn it's Giant Flaming Eye on them. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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