If Iran went to war against US. Results?

[Shockzalot]

Iran would get stream rolled, no question about it. The battle would last a week tops.

[Chronnos]

Iran might have 1 nuke. We have 10,000.

'nuff said.

The second any of those nukes go off there will be no more winning side.

[Deleted]

Russia isn't gonna bother with any war that doesn't affect the lands they claim as their own.
China is also not gonna be interested in aiding Iran, if the US starts the conflict China might offer aid in forms of weapons in supplies but no more.

But a conflict of Iran vs US would never happen, both sides know that if they start it they won't have any gain from it.
US would lose support from quite some countries if they are responsible, Iran would be laid to waste.

[GreatOak]

How exactly would they launch a nuclear stockpile at the US with no issues at all? That wouldn't happen

[Deleted]

Iran would get stream rolled, no question about it. The battle would last a week tops.

The initial battle would take a week tops, then a couple of years of groups rejecting US backed rule/'western customs' till the situation is back to what it used to be.

[dlouhys]

A reccession of biblical proportions would occur.

That's called a depression.

[zakayron]

At the very least it would logically play out as a 2v1 scenario, assuming Israel would love to jump on the idea.

In this scenario, it wouldn't be a question of who would win or lose. However, Iran would be far more complicated of an invasion in comparison to Iraq or Afghanistan, mostly because they aren't armed with second rate weaponry and don't wear turbans into battle. Would they lose? More then likely. Would the casualties for both sides be disgustingly high? Probably.



This. Didn't see your post until after mine. Edit ftw.

The US has used nukes in the past to prevent massive casualties. We would probably do it again, especially considering the special hate Americans have for Iran.

[Gandrake]

the US would win, because we are The United States of America.



FUCK YEAH AMERICA!!

[Deleted]

Iran would launch it's nuclear stockpile as it would have no other option, USA has vastly superior grounds, air and sea forces.

The fallout would be catastrophic, the USA's economy would be crippled, millions of US citizens would be killed and cities would be ruined. Depending on the extent of the damage the USA would lose it's "Superpower" status overnight but will almost certainly lose it's status within a few months.

The USA would retaliate with it's own nuclear arsenal and the war would end.

Results:
Iran would no longer exist as a country.
Areas targeted within the USA would become unihabitable based upon the extent of the fallout.
The USA GDP would drop significantly depending on the extent of the damage. California, Washington D.C, New York would be crippling targets.
The USA would no longer be able to support itself and would have to declare bankruptcy.
A reccession of biblical proportions would occur.
Hundreds of Millions of people would become unemployed and rioting would ensue.
The US Dollar would cease to be the most powerful currency in the world and would be overtaken by the Euro (2nd most), the currency may even become worthless.
The USA would cease to be a Superpower, China would become one within 20 years.

From here we'll either see a civil war within the USA as it's citizens try to set up another form of government after the rioting or mass declarations of war between countries based upon fear.

Nuke EM!!! Wait what?

You fail to take into account that Iran doesn't actually have nuclear capabilities, vast majority of this tension stems from them 'trying' to develop the capacity.

Secondly, the range on Iranian missiles would be nowhere near great enough to reach the US, even if they were, the Interception Missile belt which the US has recently constructed near Russia is actively designed to be able to take down crude nukes (non-Russian, or more high tech systems), it wouldn't make it past Europe.

[Roose]

Nothing good would come of it. Everyone would lose.

Never underestimate the interests of other countries in the US's affairs. This is a global economy and China, Russia, Japan, and pretty much every other major force in the world has a lot riding on the US's revenue streams. Money ultimately decides who is in control. It is not religion or nationalism. Those are just tools for the ones in power to make more money.

Who is invested in Iran's future?

[endersblade]

Iran would launch it's nuclear stockpile as it would have no other option, USA has vastly superior grounds, air and sea forces.

You obviously know diddly squat of our military forces. Their nukes wouldn't even manage to cross into US territorial waters, much less actually HIT something. You make it sound like we're defenseless or something. The US has to be the most paranoid country in the world; we're ready for anything.

As for the china/russia argument going on...I actually don't think they'd get involved. At least, not officially. They might slip weapons to Iran covertly, though never any forces. They would literally have to start WWIII to openly support Iran. We also wouldn't drop nukes on Iran, there'd be no point. The drawbacks from nuclear war far outweigh the benefits. Nobody needs a glass parking lot in the middle of Iran.

Besides, there's no oil in Iran. What purpose would the US have for invading? We'd just level their country, rub their nose in it and whack their ass with a news paper, and start helping them to rebuild. That's what America does.

[Deleted]

This thread is just fucking stupid. Iran would never go to war with the US.

Only the US would go to war with Iran.

[Adam Jensen]

The USA would crush Iran, if China and Russia don't get involved.

With that said, an invasion of Iran right now would be incredibly stupid.

[AZC]

Assuming the US did not carpet bomb Iran (They will not nuke iran as the radioactive fallout will contaminate many of their nearby allies, as well as the threat of fallout reaching european allies...they would most likely end up standing alone in the world and suffer possible political censure from even their most stalwart allies GB and Canada), they will face a new vietnam. Iran has a highly trained, well equipped military and they would be fighting for their home country against an aggressive foreign foe. While I think the initial invasion would most likely leave the US a clear victor, as strained as they are right now they would not be able to hold onto those gains...that coupled with trade sanctions from Russia and China...the US would have a short bloody occupation and eventual withdrawal.

[blaqkmagick]

Iran might have 1 nuke. We have 10,000.

'nuff said.

That's not "nuff said" at all. If they fired a nuke off first at the USA, it would cause significant damage. The fact that you have more nukes does not avert that damage. And even if the USA were to retaliate in this situation, they wouldn't use more than a few bombs. It's pointless to have that many because you can't physically blow up 10 000 nukes in one country. And where are you getting these numbers?
It pisses me off how people equate number of nukes with power.

OT: I think it would be option 4. Iran would lose but they could cause significant damage to the rest of the world either in terms of deploying a nuclear bomb or causing a great number of casualties. (think about the war in Iraq. I would consider that "Iraq loses but puts up a good fight" because of the number of soldiers who were killed there.)

[StationaryHawk]

There'd probably be nukes involved somewhere.

[Gsara]

Except for those pesky "insurgents/resistance fighters". Asymmetry of stakes is a beautiful thing.

Like I said, an all out military strike they wouldn't last long at all. The US hasn't committed a full scale attack on anyone since WW2, not even Vietnam.

[Meewec]

How exactly would they launch a nuclear stockpile at the US with no issues at all? That wouldn't happen

especially since Iran has no nukes and doesn't have a missile delivery system that can reach past mid-europe at most.

but for the sake of argument; if the USA started it Russia and China would at most supply weapons and try using our dirty tricks in the UN against us, if Iran started it they'd be on their own because those two countries generally don't mess with international conflicts that don't directly affect them.

[Roose]

A reccession of biblical proportions would occur.
Hundreds of Millions of people would become unemployed and rioting would ensue.
The US Dollar would cease to be the most powerful currency in the world and would be overtaken by the Euro (2nd most), the currency may even become worthless.
The USA would cease to be a Superpower, China would become one within 20 years.

We are already in one of the worst recessions this country has seen and millions are already out of work. Seen riot geared cops recently. The US dollar is already behind the Euro. China is already US's pimp.

Not much to fear.

[Bajor]

Just my two cents... First, the only way Iran is going to be in a war with America is if America attacks Iran. What is Iran going to do, mass produce rafts and float across the ocean? They have next to no supporting navy or airforce in regards to the US's.

Politically, opening another war in the middle east, especially over WMDs, would be suicide. The only way the US is going to get into a war with Iran is if Iran attacks Israel,and at that point China and Russia aren't going to say anything against it. In fact, NATO and pretty much all of Europe would probably be on our side in such a war.

So... war vs US and Iran? Not going to happen. But if it did, it'd be rough and bloody, but the US would probably still win, seeing as the only way a war is likely to crop up would mean the US wouldn't be going in there alone.