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MR-7 » 15 minutes ago » wrote: ↑

15 minutes ago

Vietnam isn’t a code for understanding every conflict. North Vietnam had two things Iran doesn’t: a superpower pumping in unlimited weapons and money, and a population willing to absorb catastrophic losses for decades. Iran has neither.

The U.S. didn’t leave Vietnam because Hanoi “out‑strategized” us, we left because it was a guerrilla war in someone else’s backyard with no strategic payoff. Iran isn’t a jungle insurgency. It’s a state with fixed infrastructure, mapped bases, limited industry, and an economy that collapses the moment a real war starts.

Trying to compare Iran to North Vietnam is like comparing a regional power with a fragile economy to a nation backed by the Soviet Union and China at the height of the Cold War. It just doesn’t translate.

Good points. Very true. My point is that we shouldn't underestimate any country that is willing to drag out a war at any costs if means victory for them. They are concerned about their regime staying in power (though their top leaders are dead, their Islamic ideology is still alive and well) than they do about protecting their population. They shot and killed approximately 7k + protestors. Their civilians are expendable in their eyes. So, they are willing to take losses from their own people. They have a navy and a fragile AirForce. However, their strength comes from their missiles. They already go several missiles through Israel's Iron dome and was able to kill some of our serviceman. Like I said in the OP. They don't need every missile to land. They just need a handful of the hundreds they shoot over to hit their target.