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marcosdumayyesterday at 8:00 PM2 repliesview on HN

I recommend anybody looking at the US land invasion proposal to do that with an altitude map of Iran on the side.


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mkoubaayesterday at 8:56 PM

Even Alexander the Great's conquest of Persian was mostly a soft coup. That country is a fortress.

cpursleyyesterday at 8:20 PM

In addition to history, Americans don't really "do" geography. Apparently it's harder than math.