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Reading 101 for Grumpy

Poor Grumpy, First he states that we cant put ground troops in Iran.

I say in my opinion we CAN put ground troops and take any ground we set our minds to. However I warn that once we take the ground what we do next would be key because we would get major pushback from the Iranians in an unconventional style to say the least.

I also point out that any plan would be joint in nature and use all 4 of our main services.

Grumpy takes me to task questioning the ability of the Navy forces and tells me to look at a map. I point out that Iran has two major coastlines. I never once propose using the Caspian Sea although it is there. Somehow grumpy reads that I have made such a proposal.

Then grumpy claims that you cant run ships through the strait of hormuz. I point out that we run ships through there all the time. I certainly proposed no plan to run an invasion fleet through there while we are under attack although i would point out that before we attack we could certainly preposition forces in the Gulf. I would not however put that forth as a PLAN just stating it could be done.

Grumpy seems to be stuck in old times. For Example he says "If you want to fight a ground war in Iran you first get a neighboring country to ally with you, then you start building rail lines."

Well I do agree that a neighbor to ally with is useful but "rail lines" Really?? Did we use Railroads in Kuwait or Iraq? What about Afghanistan? Did we have a lot of neighbors helping us stage forces before we took over Afghanistan?

lastly I offered no plans for an Invasion of Iran but somehow grumpy thinks I did. I merely stated we could which is totally different then saying HOW to do it and that we SHOULD do it.