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Visualizing Iran's Vast Size & Why Any Ground Invasion Means Years-Long Quagmire
Visualizing Iran's Vast Size & Why Any Ground Invasion Means Years-Long Quagmire
Most Americans have little understanding or concept of Iran's size in terms of geography or population. The ethno-religious make-up of the sprawling Mideast/West Asian nation is also deeply important, given the US is already talking about arming and supporting some kind of Kurdish-led anti-Tehran ground operation.
Suffice it to say, Iran's population is more than double (over 90 million people) that of neighboring Iraq's. Iran is also the size of almost half the European continent. All of this is...
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