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Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran: An Iran War TL.

I’m a long time lurker on this site and I thought I’d throw my hat in the ring and show off a timeline I’ve been working on. It seems that the US and Israel came very close to going to war with Iran in 2008, and this timeline explores what could have happened. I think this is particularly timely in light of current events. In this timeline, I will explore the political, social, and economic consequences of the war (military technology is not my strong suit, so forgive me if it seems a bit light on the details of the Iranian and US militaries).

As a disclaimer, I am not writing this as a Republican-bashing TL or a Dem-wank. I hope this isn’t too political. This attempt is simply what I think would be the most likely scenario for a war between the US and Iran in the most objective, non-political way possible (though I think some of my political biases will inevitably show through). I have tried to research the issue of a war with Iran the best I can and have tried to get a feel for how the people involved will behave, but I may have made some factual errors here and there. My TL is based on information from articles published in authoritative, mainstream sources (eg., New York Times, The Atlantic), as well as information from several scholarly reports on the subject, as well as the expert opinion of members of this very site (as posted in various threads about a potential war with Iran). Also, I drew inspiration from Phil Giraldi and Jon Perr, both of whom have written brief pieces on what war with Iran would look like.

I am aware there is another timeline on this site about a war with Iran called “Dying a Dream”. While there are some inevitable similarities, I think there are a large enough number of differences to call this an original work.
I’m going to post these in blocks and I probably won’t be able to post another block for a few weeks, so don’t expect to hear from me before then. ;)
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