Comment by RiverStone

It was a great start. Iranians celebrated his death, which made me happy.

I think one idea is that if you can kill enough regime leaders, perhaps a moderate leader may emerge?

Or perhaps there may be a military coup? Which may be a lesser of two evils?

The Iranians I’ve spoken to don’t feel like it was counterproductive. They actually feel like Trump has done more than any other president to damage the regime.

What’s the alternative? More economic sanctions? The status quo of the last 40+ years has accomplished nothing.

Anti-regime Iranians want action. They want us to make a move. We killed a lot of regime leaders and destroyed their military capability. That’s something. Now we have to see how that chess move played out.