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Comment by m90

1 day ago

So how do the recurring airstrikes help the protesters?

Easy: decapitate the leadership of the military, IRGC, Basij and let the revolution stand a chance.

  • Except not, the Iranian revolutionary system is very much designed around the desire to be able to rapidly replace people. The list of targets for a decapitation strike might just be way too long to be feasible.

It's the biggest military buildup since 2003. Kinda looks like they plan on overthrowing the regime. Which would be amazing for world peace considering Iran is building drones for Russia and supporting Hezbollah and Hamas. But we'll see...

  • > It's the biggest military buildup since 2003. Kinda looks like they plan on overthrowing the regime. Which would be amazing for world peace

    Almost as amazing for world peace as when the US overthrew Saddam Hussein's regime and gave birth to the Islamic State.

  • > considering Iran is building drones for Russia

    Not a meaningful supplier anymore, Russia just took the designs and onshored the manufacturing.

  • Russia is building Shahed derivatives themselves, Iran is not a significant supplier of anything besides the design.