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Went to a panel of professors talking about the Iran War today, and shoutout the one professor who came out and said “The US lost this war within the first 24 hours” and then detailed all the reasons this shit is just plain stupid lmaoAlso it’s not an unreasonable opinion that we’re losing, because decapitation strikes don’t work (see: both of the last wars), Iran is a nation of 90 million people with a harsh terrain, meaning to invade would require 75-1 million ground troops, and every “small scale” ground invasion plan that’s been floated (like Kharg Island) would be a suicide mission. This shit will be a tactical failure.
Oh well I’m kind of wary of people being like “who said that” online since TPUSA and other right wing orgs run “professor watchlists” where they create lists of professors with their names, institutions, and even contact info/addresses who they deem “woke” and accuse of indoctrination. Sorry I came on a little strong. But no I don’t think he’s a big name, everyone at the panel was faculty from my relatively small state school.
Obviously still good academics to get hired by the 3rd or 4th biggest state school in a state with a standout public university system, just probably not huge names. The biggest name I think ever taught me in our PoliSci department is probably a bigger name as a constitutional lawyer than as a professor. And he doesn’t work here anymore.