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My take on the Iranian "crisis"
Posted on 1/8/20 at 10:28 pm
Posted on 1/8/20 at 10:28 pm
I read a lot of different news media outlets to keep up with current events. Sadly, I've yet to find one single media that isn't biased in their reporting so I have to find that balance myself. My take on the current Iranian "crisis" is just an opinion I have put together from reading different media reports from here and abroad. My opinion: Iranian leadership is currently in a precarious position with their own citizens. There is great discontent within the Iranian population with their current religious leaders. Sanctions are becoming more and more crippling for the Iranian economy and their people. The mullahs are hanging on at gunpoint in many instances. Now...General Soleimani had become a very powerful individual within the Iranian heirarchy. He controlled the actions, loyalty, and behavior of untold thousands of radical zealots and militia. I believe that the current religious leaders had come to see him as a very potential threat to their power and leadership. They, perhaps, perceived, in him, an emerging Irananian "Saddam Hussein". They couldn't really get rid of him themselves and maintain credibility while maintaining the loyalty of their own followers and adherents. Soleimani was a very real threat to the Iranian leaders and their power. I believe they made it known to certain people that they would be relieved if he were no longer alive and a threat to their position and authority. He could have easily rallied his militias to seize Iranian leadership from the Ayatollah and his deputies. I believe he was "purged". It's a win/win for everyone but Soleimani. A terrorist/murderer is killed and the blame for his death is laid at our feet. I don't have a problem with that, either. This guy was pure evil. The Ayatollahs win because he is no longer a threat to them and they have saved face by not being the ones who pulled the trigger on their own man. Win/Win. Way above my pay grade and just my opinion.
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Posted on 1/8/20 at 10:29 pm to BFIV
your take needs paragraphs
Posted on 1/8/20 at 10:29 pm to BFIV
Holy wall of text.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 10:31 pm to BFIV
That wall has cut illegal crossing of the border by 5%.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 10:32 pm to arcalades
Can we get this double spaced or something ?
Posted on 1/8/20 at 10:32 pm to BFIV
Here’s an example how to structure one, and then leave a space between them. Helps on readibility
Posted on 1/8/20 at 10:33 pm to BFIV
quote:
read a lot of different news media outlets to keep up with current events. Sadly, I've yet to find one single media that isn't biased in their reporting so I have to find that balance myself. My take on the current Iranian "crisis" is just an opinion I have put together from reading different media reports from here and abroad. My opinion: Iranian leadership is currently in a precarious position with their own citizens. There is great discontent within the Iranian population with their current religious leaders. Sanctions are becoming more and more crippling for the Iranian economy and their people. The mullahs are hanging on at gunpoint in many instances. Now...General Soleimani had become a very powerful individual within the Iranian heirarchy. He controlled the actions, loyalty, and behavior of untold thousands of radical zealots and militia. I believe that the current religious leaders had come to see him as a very potential threat to their power and leadership. They, perhaps, perceived, in him, an emerging Irananian "Saddam Hussein". They couldn't really get rid of him themselves and maintain credibility while maintaining the loyalty of their own followers and adherents. Soleimani was a very real threat to the Iranian leaders and their power. I believe they made it known to certain people that they would be relieved if he were no longer alive and a threat to their position and authority. He could have easily rallied his militias to seize Iranian leadership from the Ayatollah and his deputies. I believe he was "purged". It's a win/win for everyone but Soleimani. A terrorist/murderer is killed and the blame for his death is laid at our feet. I don't have a problem with that, either. This guy was pure evil. The Ayatollahs win because he is no longer a threat to them and they have saved face by not being the ones who pulled the trigger on their own man. Win/Win. Way above my pay grade and just my opinion.
^^ get this guy down to the southern border pronto!
Posted on 1/8/20 at 10:34 pm to arcalades
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your take needs paragraphs
So what? I'm old. Now get off my lawn.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 10:34 pm to BFIV
I don't think so. With him gone, who is going to plan all of the terror hits now?
You don't think those Mullahs are going to get their turbans dirty, do you?
You don't think those Mullahs are going to get their turbans dirty, do you?
Posted on 1/8/20 at 10:35 pm to BFIV
How much did this wall cost us in taxes.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 10:36 pm to BFIV
quote:
So what? I'm old. Now get off my lawn.
Pretty sure paragraphs were invented before you were born
Posted on 1/8/20 at 10:40 pm to ruzil
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I don't think so. With him gone, who is going to plan all of the terror hits now?
You don't think those Mullahs are going to get their turbans dirty, do you?
They don't want to play that game no mo. They done run out of money.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 10:41 pm to BFIV
My take on your post.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 10:42 pm to SUB
Too long didn't watch.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 10:43 pm to BFIV
Sounds like a Roman plot. How very Parthian of them. Just like 2000 years ago.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 11:02 pm to beachdude
So the US agreed to do the Mullahs dirty work? For what? What do we get out of it?
Posted on 1/9/20 at 4:26 am to BFIV
In short:
Plausible
quote:
General Soleimani had become a real threat to the ruling mullahs so he was "purged".
It's a win/win for everyone but Soleimani. The Ayatollahs win because he is no longer a threat and they saved face by not pulling the trigger on their own man.
Win/Win.
Plausible
Posted on 1/9/20 at 5:24 am to BFIV
Cliff notes:
Soleimani was wasted by USA. But the hit was authorized by the Iranian Ayatollah who feared Soleimani was becoming too powerful.
Happy ending.
New Iran deal will soon be signed [my addition]
Soleimani was wasted by USA. But the hit was authorized by the Iranian Ayatollah who feared Soleimani was becoming too powerful.
Happy ending.
New Iran deal will soon be signed [my addition]
Posted on 1/9/20 at 6:04 am to BFIV
quote:
My take on the Iranian "crisis"
Now my take:
There ain't no crisis and 'Merica with Trump leading won.
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