Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei Killed

Apparently in the opening hours, perhaps the very first strikes... which may explain why the attack happened during the day instead of night as is often typical (night often furthers the US technological advantage).

I picture in my head the old ayatollah emerging from his bunker for a late breakfast only to be blown to smithereens...

Would also explain why the Iranian response seems so haphazard and ill-conceived... if reporting is to be believed the conflict essentially opened with their government's decapitation.

I hope the Iranian people finally get what they deserve, the chance to have a real democracy and to be able to use its full potential as one of the oldest hubs for human knowledge with a lot of brilliant minds and a rich culture to share with the rest of the world.

And with Khamenei hopefully also dies the genre of Iran being portrayed as this mysterious military and intelligence superpower that even the US is afraid of in tv shows and movies.

From a military perspective the biggest joke is that they gave Russia the blueprints for advanced drone technology and the tools to build them in return for a better air defense promised by the Russians.

How did trusting Russia for your air defense work out eh?

Ayatollah took a shit and got dropped 30 pineapples on his head. Most of the military leadership is dead. Also a lot of the hardline advisers.

And that was just day one. They will continue going down their kill lists to keep them destabilized.

I think without boots on the ground or most of the IRCG defecting in return for full amnesty a proper regime change won’t be possible. So this is still a high-risk operation that can go incredibly wrong if Iran decides to no longer attack the us bases but all of its neighbors oil fields in retaliation for letting the US use their airspace freely.

But if there ever was a chance for the Iranian people to retake their independence and freedom it is probably within the next three to four weeks.

Best of luck Iranians.

May this end up bringing the peace the Iranians deserve.