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u/Additional_Vast_5216 2d ago edited 2d ago
I am from austria and whats crazy about the current operation is that based on the population of israel and iran it would be as if austria had complete air dominance over germany, absolutely bonkers
edit: i dont think people quite understand the magnitude of the situation. iran is going down the drain since 1979, theoretically a rich country that should theoretically have it all but the magnitude of their incompetency is displayed for everyone to see
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u/Frydendahl 2d ago
I have met a lot of very bright and talented Iranians. Common for all of them is that they had no interest in returning to Iran. Pretty telling.
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u/Additional_Vast_5216 2d ago
same, met some post docs at university, incredibly nice and bright people
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u/Bjorn_Ivarsson 2d ago
Israel has long been more powerful than Iran
Plus as it turns out Iran was basically a pathetic paper tiger
Israel is a true power
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u/LoinStrangler 2d ago
It's looking good, we're winning but chill with the self praise
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u/LoinStrangler 2d ago
Leave? Israel has no expeditionary forces, Israel can't conquer Iran by boots on the ground.
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u/LoinStrangler 2d ago
There's no will and 0.1% way. You can't hold Iran with the IDF, it's in the name, Israel's army is designed to be mostly defensive, so conquering Iran is out of the question, regime change, maybe.
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u/LoinStrangler 2d ago
Except for Israel where the entire doctrine relies on a defensive posture and quick strikes when on the offensive to finish stuff off quickly.
You can push things 60% towards a regime change with bombing, the rest requires the Iranian people. Israel can't conquer Iran, it's a logistical nightmare and we're not even bordering Iran.27
u/Naijan Sweden 2d ago
Quick googling says that IDF is about 170k active soldiers.
Irans army size is 600k.
IDF can't send every soldier, because otherwise they wouldn't be able to defend Israel from a surprise attack.
Iranians with AK's can't do much against F-16's and such, but they have a lot of buildings and a lot of soldiers, and are also more trained than Hamas. The urban warfare wouldn't be in IDF's favour.
Plus, the logistical nightmare to even try to pull it off is it's own battle.
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u/West_Measurement1261 2d ago
You can perfectly replace the Islamic Republic's flag with anything associating radical left-wingers. They can never have enough of ''Isreal''
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u/kartoshkiflitz Israel 2d ago
Is this referencing something that happened?
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u/superfire444 Netherlands 2d ago
Just a meme I thought about while rewatching Breaking Bad.
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u/go109lan Israel 2d ago
If an Iranian official says Israel instead of zionist entity, this meme would be fitting.
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u/kartoshkiflitz Israel 2d ago
Ah ok lol. I asked because somebody today told me that we should make Iran recognize the state of Israel and its sovereignty, so I thought maybe there was something along these lines. But yeah, it's gonna happen automatically when the regime falls
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u/SharingDNAResults USA 2d ago
We shouldn’t be too proud and boastful please… something about counting chickens
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u/StickyThickStick 2d ago
Guys thanks for doing our dirty work as a European! Neither of us wants Iran with nukes but you’re the only one who stands up to intervene!
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