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Originally posted by shamrock_uk:
I'm all with the logistics point, but if you have limited resources and toppling dictatorships if on the agenda then why not start with the worst? Or get one that is in the transition from non-nuclear to nuclear status. After they will become unassailable, so striking now would be the only chance.
Iraq is a very peculiar choice to start with, however you look at it.
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But if you think about it with a nod to tactics you might find Iraq is a perfect choice. Iraq, itself at the time a dictatorship, is bordered by Iran and Syria, two more dictatorships with abyssmal human rights records. Iraq, before the war, had been greatly reduced in their capabilities to fight because of sanctions so they would be the easiest place to invade and win. Now you are in control of Iraq and have the land for bases to invade Iran or Syria or both. If you were start with Iran you would only have had bases in Kabul.