The war is going very badly for the Iranian government, which is to say it is going very well for everyone else. The ability of the Israeli Air Force to operate freely over Tehran is increasing and the ability of the IRGC to launch missiles at Israel has been severely degraded.
I've been watching this guy, who seems to be an Iranian living overseas. His reporting seems to be six or eigh hours ahead of the corporate media. He reports that the Iranian army is defecting to the opposition, who is aligned with the Crown Prince, the son of the deceased Shah. It appears that the IRGC has been severely depleted, and the Islamic government is defeated.
Regime change is the dream, but that is and should be the province of the Iranian people. I would love to see a secular, parliamentarian government in Iran, but that might be a pipe dream. The simple fact is that the IRGC is going through its death spasm and there will be chaos for a while.
In the US, the news media are idiots, asking the President to reveal whether or not he will bomb Fordom. Of couse, he tell sthe media that it's a stupid question. As well it should be. Let us recall that the Glo bal War on Terror is still a thing, and Iran is the chief exporter of terror in the Middle East.
AND they declared war on US in 1979!
ReplyDeleteI have no love for the Iranian regime. They killed my buddies with those damn EFP’s in Iraq.
ReplyDeleteAt the same time I’ve served in both of the big theaters of GWOT. We lost both of those wars. We spent billions of dollars and so many young lives for nothing. We need to not do that again.
Son, last year of high school lived with 3 Iranian teens. Father had brought them over year before Shaw was deposed with absolutely you can Never! return to Iran. One his age, a year younger and older sister. He had set up very large bank account in another state. Banker was guardian and paid all expenses. Son ran into friend in DC when he got into a cab. His really bright friend was the driver. He's never been back to Iran and goes to school all the time to keep visa current. Has a PHD, 4 masters and working on another.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was interesting to see the Shah's won mentioned; he sounds like a better option for decent regime change than any other option...
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