re: So um…where is the Iranian people uprising?

Do you know how crazy it sounds for Iranians too follow Trump’s “instructions” or those of Pahlavi(given family history)…

Are you retarded? They have made multiple videos to Iranians to stay sheltered down until the bombing has stopped. You think they want them all in the streets while they are still actively bombing the capital of Iran?

I’m just speaking about the point of view of Iranians inside of the country,!given their history. I know those people firsthand. They’re not going to enthusiastically follow a U.S. president who has bombed their country or the descendant of the despot who was the basis of the 1979 revolution. Iranians are not looking at the situation through the same lens you seem to be. It’s easy for us to dispassionately analyze their options from afar, but it’s not realistic. I mean sure, it would be great if the Iranians formed a new western style democracy, but they don’t have sufficient leadership or infrastructure. At this moment. Maybe that will change, but I’m not overly optimistic…

I’m not taking to the streets while it’s raining missiles.

I was just having fun at the time, Holmes…

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This has kind of been the question once you get past the strategic decision as to whether we should or shouldn’t attack. We didn’t stage any ground troops so there won’t be an actual invasion in the short term outside of special ops. Israel doesn’t have the means to invade effectively. So absent a mass popular uprising coinciding with the IRGC leadership putting down their arms and calling for elections what is the path to a positive outcome here? To be clear, there’s still tons of time for that to occur and I’m sure Mossad and the CIA are trying to negotiate it as we speak. But if the IRGC isn’t dumb enough to show itself and isn’t smart enough to cut a deal how do we win? Lyndsay Graham says we don’t have a plan because it isn’t our problem. That to me is insanity but it’s basically what we did in Venezuela. We grabbed Maduro, left his lieutenants in charge and moved directly to Iran. Do we arm the opposition groups and kick off a civil war? That might be the only path to a pro western government outside of an IRGC negotiated surrender which would result in a dictatorship but possibly a puppet one. Killing the ayatollah only opens the door to fixing the problem, it doesn’t by itself fix the problem. Hopefully we have a plan to create a pro western government and the means to enact it. Because otherwise we’re no better off than we were before and we’ve seen that half assed approach lead to disasters in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and elsewhere.

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This got four downvotes…SMDH you people are monumentally stupid.

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Where is the exiled Shah of Iran?

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Only the "Exiled Shah" and possibly the US consider him as worthy of return as shah

The average Iranian cant stand him and thinks he is a fool.

TDS folk: It's been three days, why don't we have change and new government yet. Yes I see they are bombing the shite out of the regime but I want change now!

Nobody’s trying to get blown up while the bombs are dropping.

Yea ... Let's have them all go out and hit the streets by the millions while we are still dropping bombs all over hot targets.

That's a fricking brilliant idea!!!