>>507548747
imagine:
>iraq but with widespread nuclear material
>thousands of miles further from logistics with no friendly nearby bases or air routes
>hardened tunnel systems like afghanistan x1000
>an infinitely better funded, experienced, and more modern guerilla resistance force already in place
Complete capitulation by the Shi'a ruling class will not lead to shit. They will retake power as soon as we leave, whether that be in 18 months or 18 years. The most likely outcome is we strain our military and economy to the breaking point and China takes the opportunity to consolidate power in the pacific.

It's a fuck up waiting to happen. A boondoggle on par with the Russian bear trying to swallow the Ukrainian porcupine. A massive geopolitical self-own.

>>507549524
if you lost as many family member as I did due to believing astroturfed cunt yoga instructors and life-coaches on facebook, then I hope you realize this why the rest of your family stopped talking to you.