re: Should have taken him out.

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It’s not quite so very simple.

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Yes it is. Tell me exactly wtf they would do. People are brainwashed. They are a bunch of retards, wearing sheets and chanting in the desert. They have nothing left....zero. They literally frick goats and try to make the world think they're relevant.
The moron says "we gave the US and slap in the face", and these illiterate fricks chanted like they won the powerball. I can't stress how stupid the common man is there

Broham, you’re responding to something completely different than your post to which I replied. Allow me to refresh your memory. You insinuated that had we known of the whereabouts of the sheik or ayatollah or whatever he is, we’d have told Israel. To which I replied that it wasn’t that simple. My clear insinuation being that both we and Israel could have and likely did know the whereabouts of the Khoman, yet for a litany of reasons elected not to go after him.

It just isn’t that simple. Well, I take it back, it is simple insofar as the reasons for not going after him if indeed we and/or Israel were aware of his location. Which I’m convinced both of us were in the know as to his location(s). Consider this: did you hear about any Iranian non-military government officials being targeted, such as were military leaders and nuclear scientists? No, neither you nor me heard of any of those types of officials being killed. And there’s a reason for that. Reason is that you don’t just go after non-military officials, even in war. Now you may hear of “unofficial” assassinations or attempts, but those wouldn’t be tied to any country, officially. The biggest problem with that type of operation would be that nobody in their right mind would believe Israel’s denials in such a situation, thus they wouldn’t go that route either.

Again, whether they knew his location or not, it was much more likely than not that they’d have passed on the opportunity. And again I believe they passed on the opportunity, despite knowing his location at some point or another.

Israel did know, Trump told them not to pull the trigger because he didn’t want political figures to be killed (only military)

Would have been much harder to negotiate a ceasefire if they had pulled the trigger. But at the same time, once in a lifetime opportunity to take out the person responsible for more terrorist attacks than anyone

Hard decision to make, no perfect answer either way

It appears the only way regime change can actually happen peacefully is if a moderate insider takes over. The IRGC controls all supplies for the army. the people don't have the guns. Without a fairly strong ruler the nation splits up into at least 6 warring against each other. Then we have another Libya or Al Qaeda operating freely like Afghanistan late 1990s

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If we knew, we would have told Israel. They dont know...its obvious

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far more likely - those that know, know that trump can't keep his big yapper shut and now leave him out of any important discussions

You mad

If he was taken out by a strike, WTF would the Iranians do? They’re impotent.

That said, let them have their pitiful supreme leader. Who gives a crap? Iran is an embarrassment. Isolated with no ability to defend themselves.

Assassination does not mean war