Iran can’t ‘win’ this war. But it can force a US retreat using these 4 insurgency tactics
Iran knows it is militarily much weaker than the United States. The US accounts for 37% of military spending worldwide, while Iran accounts for less than 1%. On paper, we d expect the US to easily win a military confrontation with Iran. But, as history shows, the US does not win wars against groups that use insurgent tactics. This was made clear in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. The US did not “lose” these wars, but it also could not win them. In each instance, the US eventually withdrew and

Iran knows it is militarily much weaker than the United States. The US accounts for 37% of military spending worldwide, while Iran accounts for less than 1%. On paper, we d expect the US to easily win a military confrontation with Iran. But, as history shows, the US does not win wars against groups that use insurgent tactics. This was made clear in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. The US did not “lose” these wars, but it also could not win them. In each instance, the US eventually withdrew and
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