Originally Posted by
NumptyAussie
Suez, Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Somalia, Iraq etc etc have all exposed issues with "genuine elite all-arms forces"
Yes but is Iran capable of a set-piece battle to defend a vital asset? Is its military training and organisation such that its dispersed and mosaic nature can prevail against a surprise schwerpunkt operation using all the modern disinformation , cyberwarfare and shock and awe that the US forces have in their doctrine?.
Perhaps we shall see but I hope both sides can see that the current trajectory does neither side any favours.