Next Dumb Idea: Fighting a 'Hybrid War' with Iran Posted by Patrick Barry

Reading this Politico piece about Gates' defense budget meeting the needs of the 'next war,' I was surprised to find that America's future adversary will most likely be, you guessed it, Iran:

But it’s not hard to find a potential foe in the Middle East that might use a combination of conventional and unconventional tactics in a war with the United States. Iran is the country with the most capability to fight in this way, military strategists say.

The chances of a U.S. military strike against Iran has certainly diminished since Obama took office, and Gates himself has made clear that he favors exhausting diplomacy, sanctions and other nonmilitary steps as the U.S. searches for a way to halt what it contends is Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons.

Yet the Pentagon also sees its job as planning for the worst-case scenario, which a hybrid war with Iran might well be.

Nevermind that America's problems in Iraq and Afghanistan point to weaknesses that not just Iran, but any potential adversary could exploit in a hybrid war with the U.S.  And nevermind that both the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs suggested that war with Iran would carry such negative repercussions for broader US interests as to make the question of capacity close to irrelevant. 

Could it be possible that a war with Iran is not a fait accompli?  Is it conceivable that not every element of the Obama administration's foreign policy is based around the Islamic Republic? C'mon people, gimme a frackin break!

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