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Why didn't he flee? This was a long time coming
by bossyTeacher 8mo ago
Why didn't he flee? This was a long time coming
- TulliusCicero 8mo agoIt's definitely odd if he was just sitting in his compound. That's a very, well, known place for him. Surely Iran has plenty of secure underground bunkers for leadership to retreat to?
- fourseventy 8mo agoApparently they hit the compound with 30+ bunker busters. So perhaps he was in a bunker but the bombs still got him
- jihadjihad 8mo agoIs there a source for this? I haven’t read any of the specifics on the strike.
- dotancohen 8mo agoThat's how Nasrallah was eliminated as well.
- TulliusCicero 8mo agoEven if he has an underground bunker there, it's still a super well known place. You'd think they'd at least try to hide somewhere.
- bjourne 8mo agoFleeing is seen as dishonorable in many parts of the Arab world. Remember the Israeli lies about how Yahya Sinwar dressed in women's clothes and were trying to cross the border to Egypt? In reality he was out in the field with his men killing Israeli soldiers. He died a brave death and Khamenei will now have died one too.
- TulliusCicero 8mo agoLol what are you talking about, Arabs are great at guerilla warfare, and that involves a ton of fleeing.
- nailer 8mo agoIran isn’t an arab country.
- bjourne 8mo agoGreat, but that is nit-picking---I'm describing a cultural trait present in Iran which makes certain decisions seem irrational to Westerners.
- nailer 8mo agoI’m suggesting by referring to Iran as an Arab country, you have demonstrated you know very little about the Middle East.
- bjourne 8mo agoPerhaps you may want to address my argument instead of nit-picking on that I used "Arab world" instead of "Middle East"?
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- nailer 8mo agoNo. The other poster already did a fine job about pointing out that Islamic terror groups typically use guerilla warfare which frequently involves fleeing, not wearing a uniform, hiding among civilians, etc.
- dotancohen 8mo agoI would like to hear more about the cultural traits that seem irrational to Westerners. For what it's worth, I agree with you about Sinwar dying while fighting.
- pygar 8mo agoHis daughter, son-in-law, and the defense minister were also killed, as they were all in his residence at the time. If he decided to stay for ideological reasons, they would not have been there. My guess is that they might have misinterpreted the US's demands as starting positions while the US considered them to be final. Who would expect a country that can produce ballistic missiles to willingly give it up? It was a non-starter from the beginning.