Derek. 🇺🇸
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@SuitablePolitic
Politics? It's all just storytelling.
@SuitablePolitic Us, there's no real way to consistently get reports on if they're succeeding, if the local Iranians are doing anything like poisoning the Shia mercs or even just dropping rocks on their head. We don't know. For all we know there's a shadow civil war and Trump's buying them time
No, him being in exile doesn't mean he's alien to Iran. It means he has limited utility on the ground in Iran. And if he has people on the ground, they're hidden so well that even the USG has no idea who they are. Which is a problem cause it means we can't work with them.
@SuitablePolitic Pahlavi has helped smuggle thousands of starlink terminals into Iran. His call alone organized millions of Iranians to revolt against the regime. Foreigners say the exile thing like it somehow makes us as aliens to Iran as them. You're looking for a commander & Pahlavi has them.
@SuitablePolitic The only part that rings untrue or unfair is that the USA has agency too. They haven't even bothered to ask us how to go about regime change. Tons of people are saying that Iranians must overthrow the regime alone. "Regime change should come from within" is it's dogwhistle.
@SuitablePolitic You're being half disingenuous. Show me a revolution by an internet-less populace against a totalitarian state with free internet to organize & kill dissent & a global media eager to side with them Im character limited but it's always easy to blame defenceless Iranians & Pahlavi
@SuitablePolitic You're still speaking over us Derek. You're telling me what should be done instead of listening to what we need. You want a Guerrilla revolution but - We have no internet - We have no guns - We have no friendly neighbouring nation It's easier to just blame the people/Pahlavi
@SuitablePolitic Derek you will never understand us until you talk to us. So far you only talk over us Go ahead and shrug off Reza Pahlavi. That's fine. He is our choice for a clean break. You people cannot expect us to break the internet blackout and launch an armed rebellion with ZERO support
Trump? Yeah, he knows, it's one of his biggest tactical limiters is what I mean by "issue." Because the Iranian people are a functionally nonexistent political entity, Trump has no option but to play these games with the IRGC. Reza? Really, I have no clue what to think of Reza.
This is probably a long shot, but if anybody happens to be in DC this weekend and plans on visiting Arlington, I would love to see a fresh photo of my husband’s grave in Section 60. SSG Alan W. Shaw Section 60, Grave 8451 B Co 1/12 Cav, 1st Cavalry Division November 10, 1975 - February 9, 2007 There’s just something about knowing people still stop by, still say his name, still remember. 🇺🇸⭐🇺🇸
@SuitablePolitic You don't think he knows?
I am told the US strikes are over for now. Again these were defensive in nature not offensive and not an effort to break the ceasefire. The US military says it reacted when they saw 2 IRGC boats laying mines and then also when a SAM missile site targeted its warplanes.
