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This seems to be a fairly well thought out war that's already killed many Iranian leaders, including: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – Supreme Leader Major General Ab

This seems to be a fairly well thought out war that's already killed many Iranian leaders, including: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – Supreme Leader Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi – Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Pakpour – Commander-in-Chief of the IRGC Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh – Minister of Defense Mohammad Shirazi – Head of Supreme Leader’s military office Ali Larijani – Senior national security chief Esmaeil Khatib – Minister of Intelligence Gholamreza Rezaian – Iranian police intelligence commander Gholamreza Soleimani – Basij paramilitary commander Saleh Asadi – Head of military intelligence at Khatam‑al Anbiya Has there been any other war in which one side so quickly killed the leadership of the other side?

greggoB 7mo ago
Listing a kill count doesn't amount to evidence that the war has been well thought out, it only tells us the US and Israel are good at assassinations. It is clear the initial aim was to decapitate the leadership and expect capitulation of some form or another to follow. This obviously hasn't happened, and so the fallout grows by the day.
cardanome 7mo ago
Many of these leaders decided to not hide underground but to become martyrs. It is really not an accomplishment to murder someone in their own house when they have not been hiding. Khamenei was already very old. His security begged him to evacuate but he asked them if they can evacuate all Iranians. If they can't why should he get special treatment? He knew he could serve his country best by becoming a martyr. Meanwhile Israeli leader Netanyahu is so afraid to come out of his hole that people are wondering if he is still alive.
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- JumpCrisscross 7mo ago
  > really not an accomplishment to murder someone in their own house when they have not been hiding A win is a win. Irrespective of whether the enemy’s fuckup put it on a silver platter for you. > He knew he could serve his country best by becoming a martyr And taking down his inner circle with him. Brilliant man.
TheAlchemist 7mo ago
The way this war is shown to us (West) is very loopsided - Iran was never going to be able to stop the bombing and they knew it. But they still retain most of their ability to blow up anything they want around their country, which is most of oil and gas fields in the Middle East, and this time they actually proved it. We like to think we're winning, but are we ? Iran leadership is supposedly decimated, missile capabilities destroyed etc. And yet, when Israel attacked their gas field, they immediately wiped out 17% of Qatari gas productions capacities which will take 5 years to rebuild and they could have wiped out everything. Seems their leadership structure is doing just fine. As for all the killed - what did we actually achieve ? Replace Khamenei with his son - a guy who had all of his family blown up to pieces by US / Israeli ? That should do wonders to Iran's future relationship with those countries.
- rasz 7mo ago
  >ability to blow up anything they want around their country Only places that falsely believed to be immune due to being of same blood, like Qatar. >Replace Khamenei with his son - a guy who had all of his family blown up to pieces by US / Israeli Rumor has it son was also blown up, just not completely (supposedly disfigured with leg missing) and is most likely hiding in Moscow.

greggoB 7mo ago

Listing a kill count doesn't amount to evidence that the war has been well thought out, it only tells us the US and Israel are good at assassinations. It is clear the initial aim was to decapitate the leadership and expect capitulation of some form or another to follow. This obviously hasn't happened, and so the fallout grows by the day.

cardanome 7mo ago

Many of these leaders decided to not hide underground but to become martyrs. It is really not an accomplishment to murder someone in their own house when they have not been hiding. Khamenei was already very old. His security begged him to evacuate but he asked them if they can evacuate all Iranians. If they can't why should he get special treatment? He knew he could serve his country best by becoming a martyr. Meanwhile Israeli leader Netanyahu is so afraid to come out of his hole that people are wondering if he is still alive.

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JumpCrisscross 7mo ago
> really not an accomplishment to murder someone in their own house when they have not been hiding A win is a win. Irrespective of whether the enemy’s fuckup put it on a silver platter for you. > He knew he could serve his country best by becoming a martyr And taking down his inner circle with him. Brilliant man.

TheAlchemist 7mo ago

The way this war is shown to us (West) is very loopsided - Iran was never going to be able to stop the bombing and they knew it. But they still retain most of their ability to blow up anything they want around their country, which is most of oil and gas fields in the Middle East, and this time they actually proved it. We like to think we're winning, but are we ? Iran leadership is supposedly decimated, missile capabilities destroyed etc. And yet, when Israel attacked their gas field, they immediately wiped out 17% of Qatari gas productions capacities which will take 5 years to rebuild and they could have wiped out everything. Seems their leadership structure is doing just fine. As for all the killed - what did we actually achieve ? Replace Khamenei with his son - a guy who had all of his family blown up to pieces by US / Israeli ? That should do wonders to Iran's future relationship with those countries.

rasz 7mo ago
>ability to blow up anything they want around their country Only places that falsely believed to be immune due to being of same blood, like Qatar. >Replace Khamenei with his son - a guy who had all of his family blown up to pieces by US / Israeli Rumor has it son was also blown up, just not completely (supposedly disfigured with leg missing) and is most likely hiding in Moscow.