Should We Intervene in Iran?
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By all accounts, Trump is seriously weighing the options. Nioh Berg and others on the ground say yes. I'm skeptical of any involvement in the affairs of other nations, we should not be the world's policeman. But the theocracy in Iran is so vile, so evil, that if we can get rid of it, it would be worth the cost. From the Starlink messages I have gotten, the people inside Iran have reached a point of acceptance.
Meaning, they know what the stakes are, and they have lost their fear of death. This will not simply die down like the regime expects. There's no going back anymore.
Iranians also fight with a level of expectation that outside help will arrive, and they understand the need to keep up the pressure no matter how impossible the odds. But the longer this takes, the bloodier it gets. If no intervention happens, or if the intervention is too weak, a regime inflicted bloodbath will follow.
If Donald J Trump wants to be a President of Peace, aiding in decapitating this rotten barbarian dictatorship fast will prevent far more bloodshed than having unarmed Iranians fight their way out of a slaughterhouse for who knows how long.
I repeat: The bloodshed which happens by allowing Khamenei to limp on will FAR outweigh the alternative.
This is the time. No more negotiating. No more deals. No more talks. No more Araghchi and Witkoff meetings.
The time is now. Onward and upward, airforce
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More from Nioh Berg: Really disturbing Starlink message:
"I have news from someone in Dezful - the city is under siege by Hashd ash-Shaabi (Iraqi terrorist militia).
They are beastly mercenaries with covered faces who can’t understand Persian and only speak Arabic.
The whole city is on curfew and there's an atmosphere of terror and dread everywhere.
Snipers are positioned on taller buildings in the last few days, head shotting people at random.
They have no mercy and don’t discriminate between children, teenagers or the elderly.
Anyone leaving the house risks be shot by snipers or killed by mercenaries on the ground.
It’s very likely that the situation is similar in other cities in Khuzestan Province.
They are getting massacred in total silence (no news coverage) and isolation.
Please speak up for Dezful and other smaller cities." Onward and upward, airforce
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Perhaps. But not one single American's foot on the ground.
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Re: Should We Intervene in Iran?
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I was listening to a retired U.S. Army officer's interview on the radio, and I wish I could have recorded it and shared it here.
In response to the question of what day and time we can expect this attack to occur, he said that this operation could be the most complex military operation in the history of the United States, in no way comparable to the previous attack on nuclear facilities or operations on Venezuelan soil, and that numerous factors must be carefully calculated and examined.
My takeaway was this:
1. The U.S. is certainly aware of Khamenei's exact location, but very likely, contrary to expectations, he has hidden in a place where a large population of the Iranian people serves as his human shield.
2. This operation must proceed in such a way that no harm comes to the lives or property of ordinary people.
3. It is not a ground operation but an air one, and this makes the situation far more complex.
All of us Iranians, this time alongside many people around the world, including Americans themselves! are waiting for the moment when the attack on the regime is announced, but friends, believe me, lashing out at the Trump team's accounts really doesn't move anything forward.
Americans on Twitter and elsewhere are saying to pray for the American soldiers in the upcoming operation, so that they return successfully and safely. It's better if we join them, thank them for standing with the freedom-loving people of Iran, and make them even more aware of the extent of Khamenei's crimes and the danger that the regime's continued existence poses—and has posed—to the global community. Onward and upward, airforce
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Well, if true, this is a promising development. Maybe the mullahs have finally realized their time is almost up.
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Last I heard they claimed they were going to assassinate Trump. Supposidly, the bombers are ready to strike in a matter of hours. Who knows what's really happening.
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Yes, there's so much conflicting info coming out of Iran. It's hard to figure out what's really happening. Elon Musk and Starlink helps, but even that has limits.
Case in point:
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Ordinarily I don't post something here without confirmation, but I'm seeing a TON of reports like this. Something seems to be going on.
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The USS Roosevelt (DDG-80), an Raleigh Burke class destroyer, is named for President and Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the US. I guess naming a ship for a successful wartime President is OK, but his wife?
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Why hasn't Trump gone into Iran yet? I'm thinking he realizes he doesn't have to - Iran seems to be imploding all by itself (with a little help from sanctions, to be fair).But a lot of people disagree with my assessment of the situation:
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How much of this is verifiable? With the internet shut down and only spotty Starlink, pretty much none of it. I have more reports from Tehran as well as Southern Iran.
• People are trapped in their homes almost all day.
• They're allowed a small window to go outside to buy essential household items. Groups of foreign terrorists escort them to shops.
• These terrorists observe their every movement and listen to their every word. If anyone steps out of line or says something "wrong", they get shot.
• Each shop also has a heavy regime presence. They are everywhere.
• The regime is blasting loud Arabic, Shia islamic chants throughout neighbourhoods.
• Patrols make sure people don't even look out of their own windows at nighttime.
• If you are giving birth, you can't go to any hospital. You must arrange for someone to visit your home instead to give birth in your home.
• The closest comparison is now Handmaid's Tale, but real life and not fictional.
• It's a state of actual foreign occupation. There are more Afghan and Arab mercenaries than there are local IRGC forces. The mullahs imported thousands of non-Iranian islamic terrorists because they would have lost control otherwise.
• There is an actual genocide happening, not in the fake Gaza sense but literal mass murder in the darkness, on a scale and speed barely ever seen since WW2.
• The death toll reports I'm getting are over 50,000 so far. In a country of 90 million, everyone knows at least one or more loved ones who've been murdered. This number is rising rapidly, and will probably skyrocket again when the internet returns
• Iran is now a concentration camp containing 90 million hostages. Onward and upward, airforce
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We should've taken out the trash 45 years ago.
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There. I said it.
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