Victory in Iraq?
Victory in Iraq?
Out of context: Reply #19
- Started
- Last post
- 31 Responses
- ukit0
I do wonder though, if tighter interdependence between Iran and the U.S. wasn't one of the long term goals. We could never invade Iran, it's too big a country and hundreds of thousands of U.S. soldiers would die. However, if we control Iraq, U.S. becomes heavily invested in the Iraqi economy, which in turn is no longer an enemy of Iran...so that the countries become economically interdependent and less likely to go to war in the long run. Over time, we gain influence over Iran and bring them into the fold in the same way we did w Germany and Japan.