Originally Posted by
larssnowpharter
One suspects the talk on an invasion of Kharg Island is all misdirection. As I've said before it makes little military sense.
Nothing involving ground troops anywhere in Iran makes military sense. Any action would be fraught with immense risks. As someone pointed out, what happens if some US troops get captured? It will be 1979 all over again.
Re Kharg Island, I'd imagine the Iranians are busy fortifying it and making it an absolute nightmare for any invasion force: IEDs galore, pre-targeted drones and ballistic missiles etc. If they do feel its likely to be lost then there's various armageddon options e.g. them setting the whole place ablaze, pumping millions of pumping millions of gallons of crude into the Gulf and setting
that alight etc. I wouldn't discount anything if they feel they're really under the cosh.
One dilemma for Iran is that its not their oil as soon as its despatched, its whoever purchased it (hence why none of their tankers are being intercepted), which could explain the US's focus on it.