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[–] 43 points 7 months ago (4 children)

The arrival of 2,500 Marines and another 2,500 sailors is keeping the number of American troops in the Mideast region at over 50,000 — roughly 10,000 more than usual

The U.S.-led coalition that invaded Iraq in 2003 was close to 250,000 at the beginning.

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  • [–] 41 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Worth noting: Iraq and Iran are very different societies & cultures.

    Before colonialism, Iraq was decentralized/tribal for thousands of years before being arbitrarily collected into a single political unit.

    Meanwhile Iran was its own empire, with a central head of power for those thousands of years.

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