>>19694103Iran was invaded by Britain in 1/4 the time Iraq was in WW2 (both were invaded by Britain at the time) despite us having a weaker military, unstable government out of a coup, less population and flat land.
I think the prospect of US invasion of Iran was shattered after the disaster that was the US invasion and the insurgency.
The US can't even overthrow Assad who is ruling half his country.
>>19694104Every country in the first category was invented by Britain, the latter category were recognized as already established provinces of the Ottoman empire that had some degree of autonomy depending on the time period, had many national revolutions very early on and a sense of nationhood. That's why the rose up to be a problem in the first place unlike the passive other half.
