Naveed15h ago

#Iran is also mobilizing its population in ways that seek to harness the spirit of the 1980s war with #Iraq. They include drives to recruit millions of Iranians, including children.

https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/iran-ground-war-preparation-20181611?mod=hp_lead_pos1

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"#Iran|ian-backed militias in #Iraq have revealed the use of wire-guided FPV drones, which are possessed in greater numbers by #IRGC, posing a potent threat to any #US troops. Tehran's told neighbors it'd expand its targets to offshore oil platforms if its islands are invaded."
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Iran's around 1 million active and reserve troop including around 190,000 IRGC fighters. While the bulk of the country’s forces are undertrained and equipped with inadequate arms that sometimes date back decades, they have the benefit of mountainous terrain and asymmetric fights
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“There are no half-measures there. The #US needs to land over 100,000 troops on the whole shoreline to defend and protect these islands and the strait. All other ways will end up in massive American casualties.” #Iran
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"Defa Press, affiliated with #Iran’s Defense Ministry, published a recruitment poster featuring a #teenage boy and a veiled girl, both smiling. The US-based nonprofit Human Rights Activists in Iran says it's received reports of children killed while staffing checkpoints."
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“Given the enthusiastic welcome of the dear people, we decided to create an environment where all interested parties can play a role in defending the homeland based on their expertise and capabilities,” Rahim Nadali, the #IRGC director for culture and arts, told Defa Press.
Show threadHakeemG15h ago

@naveed360

Any attempt to take those islands will be a huge mistake. 100K troops is just going to result in more casualties. The United States should pack up their stuff and go home, let Bibi and Israel send their kids to die in their war.