How would the US fight Iran? On the 14th, a sentence from Trump revealed the pattern, and all the US military generals fell silent at once!

According to a report by NBC News on January 14, Trump discussed his plan for attacking Iran with his team: "quick in and quick out," similar to the raid on Venezuela to capture Maduro - rapid, decisive, and retreating immediately after one strike. However, senior generals at the Pentagon almost collectively remained silent. This contrasts sharply with the active planning for Venezuela.

Why is there such a contrast? The key lies in the fact that Iran and Venezuela are not in the same league. Although Venezuela has an army, its equipment is old and its combat readiness is low; while Iran is located in the heart of the Middle East, with about 500,000 regular troops, hundreds of thousands of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and a missile network covering the entire Persian Gulf. Its short-range ballistic missiles can cover US bases in Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and even the UAE.

After the killing of Soleimani in 2020, Iran had accurately struck US bases in Iraq with missiles, causing dozens of soldiers to suffer concussions - that was a "restrained retaliation." If a large-scale conflict really occurs, the retaliation would be much more intense.

The Iranian military has experienced an eight-year war between Iran and Iraq, known as "modern trench warfare," with over a million casualties on both sides. Iran not only accumulated rich experience in ground operations, urban defense, and asymmetric warfare, but also built a regional deterrence system centered around missiles, drones, and proxy forces (such as Hezbollah in Lebanon and Houthi rebels in Yemen). In comparison, Venezuela has had no real combat experience for decades.

If hostilities break out, the US military will be caught in a regional conflict they cannot quickly escape from, and it may even trigger a larger-scale Middle East war. The direct responsibility for battlefield casualties, base damage, and personnel disappearance would fall on these generals themselves. In their view, one can shout slogans, but soldiers must face the real costs of the battlefield.

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