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Old 10-11-2007, 15:09 PM   #245 (permalink)
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Oh, I don't know. Perhaps silly little excuses like international law and appropriate conducts of war.
Let me get this straight. Iran violated international law (NPT) and the US has no right to prosecute a war that it sees fit to do? So, instead of just destroying that outright violation, you want the US to invade (which it sees no need to do) just so that they can lose a war on your terms. Bullocks.

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List of countries by number of active troops - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

According to Wikipedia (check the footnotes for further confirmation), Iran has the eight largest military in the world (and the largest paramilitary).
It is not the largest which is what you claim and I knew you were going to bring up that numbers game. The Iranian force is almost pure foot infantry. A single Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group got more firepower and manouver capability than an Iranian Division and by military standards (which is what this board is made of), that is a far larger capability than just counting people. Hell, I would pit a Turk Regimental Group against an Iranian corps anyday.

Paramilitary is just another name for thugs. They have no organization nor any infrastruture to make them stand up on any battalion, hell even company level.
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