What would the world be like if Iran/Iraq were the strongest military power?
473315
IF THAT WAS THE CASE YOU OR I WOULD NOT BE SITTING HERE ASKING OR ANSWERING QUESTION'S\nPEOPLE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO QUESTION THEIR LEADER'S. HA YOU THINK BUSH IS YOU AINT SEEN NOTHING.\nIN THE WEST IF YOU DONT PAY YOUR TAX YOU GET SENT TO JAIL.\nIF IRAN/IRAQ WERE IN CHARGE YOU WOULD THANK ALLAH FOR GOING TO JAIL.\nITS JUST MY OPINION. \nI AM FROM THE UK.
597031
Given the current political and military capabilites of both countries, I would say Iran.\n\nThis is why:\n\n~The United States military is very stretched due to deployments in afganistan and iraq.\n~The United States government has very limited global support, especially from Russia and China (who have economic ties to Iran)\n~Iran supports the powerful terrorist network Hezbollah (which can cordinate strikes against Oil Freights and Rigs)\n~Iran has a larger regional military capability (Russian, Chinese, and North Korean missle systems capable of hittin target as far as Europe)\n~United States is on the verge of an economic crisis due to increase in oil prices and a weaker dollar (compared to the euro and yen), meanwhile Iran has no such energy shortage.\n\nIf you consider other military conflicts of the two countries it is obvious who would win in a war - Iran.\n\nAmerican soldiers fear death, in contrast to Iranian soldiers and militia whom believe their death is equal to martyrdom. Oh and not to mention that the majority of the American people are against armed conflict with Iran.\n\nI hope this answers your question.
432893
An air strike against Iranian nuclear facilities is unlikely to be surgical. There are about 50 sites associated with nuclear development in Iran and they are mainly sited in towns where civilian populations would be at risk. An attack would be certain to inflame the Islamic world against the US, almost certainly lead to a full-scale civil war in Iraq with the support of the predominantly Shiite Iranian people, and the US fleet in the shallow and narrow Persian Gulf would have to withdraw or be vulnerable to Iranian missile attack.The cynical explanation for the Bush Administration's threats against Iran is that, like the build-up to the invasion of Iraq, the real objective is "regime change", which has been re-enforced by the slump in President Bush's approval rating to 34 per cent.The ramifications of such an attack could be disastrous. At a minimum, it would likely “rally the Iranian public around an otherwise unpopular regime, inflame anti-American anger around the Muslim world, and jeopardize the already fragile U.S. position in Iraq.” But most importantly, a military strike would “almost certainly speed…up” Iran’s nuclear weapons development by sparking a “crash nuclear program that could produce a bomb in a few years.”
1152675
the axis of evil : North Korea, Iraq, and Iran
33699
What do you mean by strongest?  Economically strongest, militarily strongest?\n\nWell, in the military case, I would say the US.  We have nuclear weapons, we have satellites for eavesdropping and intelligence gathering, more submarines than any other country, probably the largest navy, geographic isolation due to the Atlantic and Pacific and fairly stable neighbors to the north and south, etc.
1177559
None of them. US can't attack any of them. I know US have the best and newest type of weapon but N.Korea have nuke bomb and if Us attack them they will fire them and US with all of it's weapon can't stop them in the air. Also Iran is a very big country and it has a lot of loyal soldiers and it will be a long and hard war with many casualty for US. I know all of them so I'm sure US leaders know these so for certain US won't attack N.Korea or Iran. Iraq was different from Iran or N.Korea because Iraq's people were against Saddam and his dictates and also Iraq didn't defense against US but with all of this facts US have a lot of problems in Iraq so it's another reason. For attacking Iran or N.Korea US need other countries help because it doesn't have enough soldier and also US need other countries to reduce global pressure on US about beginning war in the world. Another reason: N.Korea and Iran if be attacked may do anything they can't and threat the world they may explode what they can. My evidence is Iran's leader's speech which was about this subject, he said we will ruin the world if we will be attacked by another country and he threated to stop producing and transporting oil in the world.
17494
US will not dare attacking Iran. Iran isn't like Iraq and is the biggest military power in the middle east. Iran is one of the biggest suppliers of oil in the world, if this attack happens the prices of oil will rise to big amounts like 90 dollars, and maybe even more. US knows that it has several military bases in the range of Iranian missles and in the case of this war Iran can easily hit American bases specially in Iraq. United States knows that in the case of this attack Iran isn't the loser, because the people of Iran have always supported their country in the case of a war. Iran has some close allies in Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon each one of these allies can cause big damages to the American troops.\nAirforce is not an option. United States can't attack Iran with airforce because of the new anti aircraft and missle systems Iran has bought from Russia. Nuclear War is not going to happen.\nBut we have seen many idiotic acts from the American Govt. so anything is possible.
989118
Well, we have reason to keep an eye on all of the countries above.  I'm personally the most concerned with North Korea.  Unlike Iran and Iraq, the North Koreans BELIEVE the garbage coming from the government, and may actually fight to the death or sacrifice everything to achieve the goals of the few fruitcakes in the government.  Iran and Afghanistan are more like Iraq, if push comes to shove, they'll fold, because the people will look after themselves first.  If something were to happen with NK, our military could certainly do some serious damage to them, significantly more then they could to us, but I don't know if we could perform a "regime change" without either significant international assistance or significant increases in our numbers.  The draft could come back into play if Korea were able to detonate an atomic weapon on our soil.  Just my opinion.
621973
safer than iran or iraq
1011723
attack Iran and N. Korea at the same time and win?\n\nlike you are "winning" in Iraq?\n\n.. NEWSFLASH both the aforementioned have better equipped armies than Iraq, possibly nukes - and seeing as how the US has squandered most of its post 9-11 int'l good will, you won't have many allies..\n\nstudy your history.. too many fronts, overextended - taht's always how the Empires fall, from Genghis Khan to the Romans to Hitler to Napoleon....
534730
IRAN and IRAQ will be the Grave of U.S.A. militarism. No need for changes N to Q or vice-versa
1161815
Right now, there are two global powers: US and China, though US has more military might, both have extensive international influence and contacts. There are three military superpowers: Israel is number one, followed by US, then Russia. There are several economic superpowers: Europe, China, US. There are many regional powers: Brazil, Australia, Japan.\n\nIt would be a good thing for the US to have competing powers. One major bully in the world causes instability (as it does in any group--village, city, state). There needs to be a balance of powers, else you end up with dictatorship and totalitarianism, as you now have in the US internally with no checks on the administraive branch from a one-party government and a Jelly Fish Congress and Judiciary--and a totally kowtowed press.\n\nEurope could emerge in the next twenty years as a military and economic superpower, but China will get there first.
847655
well every country who has vital natural resources should be armed to the teeth to protect them selves. iraq did't hve the capabilty so that why the fasicst invaded them to grab thier oil, well iran is well prepared if the nazi's try to invade them and try to grab thier oil.
412119
one day if the US gets a little more power over the rest of the world and some technological advances the US could actually become and empire and use its influence to in effect rule the world.....or.....maybe one day the superpowers of the world will decide to band together and make the entire world and all its people into an unbreakable empire...hey you may laugh now but one day it could happen.
204478
aiight bro. I just got back from living in korea and deploying to iraq with the US army. Nobody is going to mess with north korea without some serious backup. They invest almost all thier gross domestic product as a country into strengthening thier military. They have a standing army of over two million people. Iran is just another iraq except for the fact that during the 70's we supplied them with arms and were trying to make them a puppet state of democracy, (sounds familiar huh) but jimmy carter let the sha of iran fry when he needed our help during the islamic revolution. so iran is now the bad guy and for a while was a puppet of the soviet union and got arms from there. So they have been hooked up big time and got some good equipment, but they dont have the military leadership that can compare or the precision strike capabilities or special operators like we do. North korea does and is therefore a completely different animal. we can go into iran and knock heads, but if we need to hit up north korea, we need like everybody to have our back.
1174165
As an Iranian , I must say that the Iranian people wouldn't mind, they have had a rough time under a radical Islamic regime and want freedom and I think that the invasion of Iraq with all its faults has been very helpful to the Iraqi nation and has also had a good effect on  the u.s economy ( the strengthening of the dollar against other currencies), however Iran is 3 times the size of Iraq and has a better defense than most middle eastern countries and a war can become very Bloody and cause great losses of Life. If only all countries possessed democracy  and freedom, we would not have seen tragedy's like 9/11 or the Iraq- U.s war!
571250
Well now.  A US battle battle group, which consist of aircraft carriers, destroyers, nuclear attack submarines, is capable singly of defeating any power on earth.  And the US has twelve battle groups. So at the very least Iran would be wiped out twelvefold.\n\nRemember how Saddam Hussein's "Mother of all Battles" turned out to be a total non-event.  Iran would simply cease to exist in a matter of days.\n\nAll your conceited, self-serving phony so-called religious rhetoric is useless drivvel.