I think the more pertinent question would be: is the US willing to commit enough ground forces for such a thing? Imagine the political fallout of adding a 3rd mass casualty war to this list:
Vietnam (58k dead, 300k wounded)
Iraq (4.5k dead, 32k wounded)
for comparison, Iran is probably less than 20 dead, less than 500 wounded, and the US hasn’t committed ground troops, and is already an embarrassing failure.
I think the more pertinent question would be: is the US willing to commit enough ground forces for such a thing? Imagine the political fallout of adding a 3rd mass casualty war to this list:
for comparison, Iran is probably less than 20 dead, less than 500 wounded, and the US hasn’t committed ground troops, and is already an embarrassing failure.