re: #223 Sol Berdinowitz

It would be disturbing to see a feudal monarchy falling to an elected democracy…

Iran isn’t an elected democracy. What Iran is, though, is a country whose military takes training and proper force balance seriously. Their naval personnel are generally better than those of the gulf states, and their ships’ crews definitely have more training in operating as part of a cohesive task group.

I do not fear Iran’s navy, but I do take it seriously. Their force is still relatively small, and their tech is nowhere near as good as ours, but what they have is staffed by well-trained sailors led by good-quality officers.