Iran: an unwinnable war

Iran’s army is about the same size as that of the United States, but it could quickly expand to 10 times that size with volunteers, as it did during the U.S.-backed Iraqi invasion of Iran in 1980-88.

Under Iran's president, Hassan Rouhani, the country cut a deal with the U.S. to put its nuclear ambitions on ice, in exchange for sanctions being lifted. Since the U.S. backed out of the deal, Iran has warned that it may not continue to abide by the terms of the deal. Photograph courtesy of the Kremlin

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

May 21, 2019

“After a long debate, the highest levels of the military could not forecast a way in which things would end favourably for the United States,” said Richard Clarke, counterterrorism adviser in the White House under three administrations. That was back in 2007, and ...

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