And that's exactly what I'm pointing to They have time on their side, to begin with, "you" don't How long can you afford a war effort over there? Eternally? Look at afghanistan, they are even more backward and retarded Well, we all know how this will end The US will have to leave, and when they leave, what's going to happen? Well, the more things change, the more they stay the same... ... The US didn't defeat the soviet union with guns, with conventional "kinetic" war The US defeated the soviet union by flooding the energy market with cheap oil and gas, and by supplying mujahideens with manpads And the soviet union relied almost entirely on oil and gas exports, and they got dragged in an "eternal" poxy war in afghanistan, reverse vietnam if you will End result? Bankrupcy, total collapse, the rest is history ... What do you think will happen with boots on the ground in Iran? What are the chinese and all those who have an interest in making the US fail do? Highly predictable