USA Goes to War Against Iran

Well in all actual good faith honesty I did speak to a my long-term Iranian friend about what he thought about Ali dying and the said this these words exactly ... I'm glad he's dead but it won't matter because the entire system is design to keep them in power.

I didn't say anything else about it after that.

Idk if they actually were but I think the regime thought they were, otherwise why the need for all the internal security.

It's not just Israel going after their internal security. I think we've essentially taken out most of the high value military targets we could get to and shifted towards the regime itself. I just don't know what an actual revolution would look in Iran because I don't think the hardliners will ever surrender. And there's a lot of them so it's not going to be anything like the people versus the regime.

This is gonna end up a win/win situation for both sides. The US and Israel will neutralize the Iranian threat which will be a win for them. The Islamists will keep their regime. Basically they win because they didn’t lose. This is similar to Hamas even though they got wrecked. The only losers will be the Iranian people because Iran is gonna turn nasty internally. This is unless the Iranian people rise up or there is a coup.

When do you all think it will be safe to visit Israel again?

who said it went down on its own for fun? Why are you strawmannirg in bad faith like this? What exactly are you hoping to accomplish with this rhetorical strategy.

This is true. Planes don't often go down for fun.

Probably statistically safer in Tel Aviv right now then St. Louis. But I understand it is emotionally draining to be under constant bombardment and having to constantly run to bomb shelters, even if the actual physical risks aren't high.

I mean, the plane is big and slow and valuable. Seems like an good target especially since it can't shoot back. Maybe so, actually.

Just here for my own amusement, like always

I'm a Midwestern lad. My attitudes towards western imperialism formed decades before social media. Who in this thread do you think is a foreign-funded actor?

You don't know that Democracy Now is hard left?

They are professional journalists, more professional than the MSM, but they have always been hard left. They are heroic.

So they professional but they aren't CIA is what you're saying?

I like how the example of Democracy Now being "hard left" is them demonizing the Iranian state.

How would that even happen? Or more apt, how would happen without a civil war?

As to the winners, looks like Trump has eased some sanctions on oil for Russia.

The Iranian army is for all intensive purposes a giant internal security force. 24/7/365. They feel it is necessary because they are authoritarian, repressive and horrible and everyone hates them. For Iran, the function that a military would form in most nations is actually executed by Arab militias.

Are you just going off of vibes and know nothing of what you speak of? Or is this a topic you feel yourself knowledge in and you are defending the Islamic Republic of Iran on its virtues?

Do you know any Iranians? Have you ever talked to them about The Regime? I am only asking because in this current black pilled third worldist incarnation the only sane, nuanced take you seem to have is on Venezuela, and only then because you actually know Venezuelans and have talked to them. I suspect if you didnt actually know Venezuelans, you would be defending the Chaves/Maduro regime as ardent as the other resident forum tankies.

Edit: I may be not understanding the context of your post, so if that is the case apologies.

What happened to your mongidig account?

I haven't met many Iranians but I hung out with one I met in Peru. She'd been living in Norway for like 20 years and hated the regime and didn't want to be considered Iranian but rather Persian.

But it's a bit of a non-sequitor...the post you're responding to was about Democracy Now not Iran.

And the situation in Iran and the situation in Venezuela are very different. The US didn't go to war in Venezuela they took out Maduro. With Iran they're flirting with WW III.

I think the idea is those abused women in burqas are still abused women in burqas but now have to dodge tomahawk missiles flying over their heads. Perhaps instead of carpet bombing entire cites of people they claimed to give a chit about, they should go after the regime.

Same.

Except when they're landing.

Tel Aviv in the middle of a drone attack is probably as safe as most big cities in America.

Once commercial airspace is open again. You should be fine for June

I guess we’ve moved on from the “we’re going to blast them to the stone age” Euphoria and into the “I think it will be a moderate geostrategic triumph” cope.