Reply #103: Not only could Iran close down the Persian Gulf

[hogwyld]

They could make the air campaign completely useless. Take down the carriers, and we've got nothing. Iraq is our quicksand, and Iran could put up a wall of SAM's to make penetration nearly impossible. Remember how many planes we lost in Vietnam? I don't care how many countermeasure you have or how much superior your aircraft and pilot are, if there are enough missles flying at you, chances are, you're going down.
And once the gulf is sealed off, you are going to have a total global economic collapse. china and russia aren't going to let that stand. Are we going to just waltz right over them too? These so called military genius's here at DU have swallowed the BS from the Pentagon for too long.