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So how do the recurring airstrikes help the protesters?

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Get the guys who got them - they seem cheerful https://x.com/visegrad24/status/2027840034150178952

Easy: decapitate the leadership of the military, IRGC, Basij and let the revolution stand a chance.

Except not, the Iranian revolutionary system is very much designed around the desire to be able to rapidly replace people. The list of targets for a decapitation strike might just be way too long to be feasible.

Kill enough that the rest decides to flee for Moscow rather than risk getting lynched.

Much easier said than done. But hey, perhaps this will be the biggest and greatest air campaign ever.

It's the biggest military buildup since 2003. Kinda looks like they plan on overthrowing the regime. Which would be amazing for world peace considering Iran is building drones for Russia and supporting Hezbollah and Hamas. But we'll see...

> considering Iran is building drones for Russia

Not a meaningful supplier anymore, Russia just took the designs and onshored the manufacturing.

Russia is building Shahed derivatives themselves, Iran is not a significant supplier of anything besides the design.

Because historically, we have a fantastic record when it comes to regime change.

Japan and Germany turned out great.

Yeah -- it only took a world war, massive global alliances, and tens of millions of deaths. Also, I’m not sure how political and military competence from about a century ago has any relevance to today.

And a whole lot of fail ever since.

> It's the biggest military buildup since 2003. Kinda looks like they plan on overthrowing the regime. Which would be amazing for world peace

Almost as amazing for world peace as when the US overthrew Saddam Hussein's regime and gave birth to the Islamic State.

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