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The old government is largely dead. The new one has a carrot and a stick in front of them.
by jojobas 7mo ago
The old government is largely dead. The new one has a carrot and a stick in front of them.
- ceejayoz 7mo agoThe new government is led by the Ayatollah Khamenei. The son of the last one, younger and out for revenge. Knocking off Saddam gave us ISIS. These things have a way of going sideways.
- jojobas 7mo agoThis son is reportedly in coma and in no position to rule.
- ceejayoz 7mo agoYay! We cut off two of the hydra’s heads! That always ends well.
- sosomoxie 7mo agoReported by whom?
- alfiedotwtf 7mo agoSo who has the authority to claim that Iran has agreed to a ceasefire?!
- joshsyn 7mo ago[dead]
- alfiedotwtf 7mo agoKnocking off the Taliban gave us the check notes the Taliban
- derektank 7mo agoThe IRGC is probably more analogous to the Ba’ath party than the Taliban if we’re limiting ourself to regional comparisons
- JumpCrisscross 7mo ago> new government is led by the Ayatollah Khamenei Let's see. It may be a military dictatorship using Khamenei, who may or may not even be in Iran, as a figurehead.
- int_19h 7mo agoNot the military, the IRGC. Which is a religiously indoctrinated military. So it would still be a theocracy, same as before, but now also run by people who are conditioned to believe that more violence is always a solution to any problem.
- ceejayoz 7mo agoUnfortunately, it's now theocrat vs. theocrat. https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3miybj6ff622f https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3miybj6ff622f > Hegseth: "God deserves all the glory. Tens of thousands of sorties, refuelings, and strikes, carried out under the protection of divine providence. A massive effort with miraculous protection."
- SideQuark 7mo agoThe old govt was about to be toppled by people sick of it. The US attack unified those people behind the leaders son, someone they’d not have taken before, and entrenched a new generation against the US. So far the carrot and stick has them openly mocking Trump and the US as Trump makes threat, draws line, folds yet again, repeats.