Senator Lindsey Graham wants US boots on the ground in Iran.
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"If they get a nuclear weapon they will use it."
Fair enough Mr Graham. So what you're saying is that we need to physically enter Iran in order to save ourselves from an unthinkable fate, and they have forced our hand on this.
Keep in mind that removing Iran's nuclear capabilities a threat does not require any nation building whatsoever. No care packages for citizens, no long term bases, and
absolutely no giving military equipment to whatever government replaces the current one.
If you want to put boots on the ground to stop Iran from getting a nuke, then do that and leave. Turn their enrichment and storage facilities to rubble, headshot every nuclear scientist, and wipe out their airforce, do this by any means necessary with no concern for optics or morals. You said Iran is an existential threat, and i could be convinced to agree, but if that's the case then let's
treat the war as though it were against an existential threat. Tell the average infantrymen that if a towelhead looks at them funny they can turn them to swiss cheese, and if they need to enter a building that might be rigged with explosives they can shred that building with a shell from 500 meters away, and before we even consider boots on the ground ask yourself: "Is this all something we could achieve with MOABS but will cause civilian casualties?" Because if you're concerned about american civilian lives you shouldn't be concerned about iranian civilian lives.
If this is a war for our existence, treat it like one. If you're not treating it like one, we're going to assume it's a war for something else.
