Originally Posted by
ShyGuy
The Iranians hatred of the Ayatollah and IRGC is far, far lower than their hatred of being bombed by Israel and the United States. That’s why there was no street protest and any overthrowing of the Iranian regime. When a country is attacked unprovoked by a foreign country, said countrymen put aside their differences and unite. Which is why I think the average Iranian would actually be pro-regime if they are under attack.
You might be surprised, but the Iranian people are actually *not* rallying to the regime flag.
At least not yet, hard to say which direction that will go if this drags out.
What they also did not do, was rise up against the IRGC and overthrow the regime. I never had any high hopes for that.
Originally Posted by
ShyGuy
We are not “winning” this. Best to just throw up a mission accomplished banner and leave. All warships out. And if we are lucky, Iran opens up SOH in 1-3 months then.
We kind of kicked the hornets nest, we really are stuck with trying to see it through now. Otherwise they could resume their behavior to some degree if we don't retain economic levers on them.