++ I would advise all readers to consult Dailykos blogger Kellyb2, a war college graduate, on what war with Iran means.
++Scott Walker has emphasized that he thinks war will be when he is inaugurated. So what would it look like.
++Kellyb2 has a long analysis of what war against Iran would look like.
++Let me summarize: The United States would need 8 million troops for twenty years. The war would cost 65% of our GDP. The Losses would be between 1 and a half million to 3 million dead in combat. There would be five times that amount wounded.
++If a war went nuclear ,it is estimated that there would be 12 to 14 million dead and 30 million incapacitated. And we haven't taken into account relatiatory actions.
++With the Iran nuclear deal, it is unlikely that Israel would launch a strike. However, if it did it would have to be nuclear and therefore be condemned by planet Earth and set off a series of retaliatory strikes throughout the region and imperil Israel's very existence.
++We know from military planners that an American war against Iran would cost several-fold the costs of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. The scenarios do require many more times the soldiers and a very prolonged period of time to succeed.
++As with our other wars, no one has figured out what it means to win. Let's say Iran doesn't build a nuclear device. Isn't that winning? So let's not go to war since we are great at bombing things but not so great at winning things.
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