The whole goal is to destroy their military capabilities so Israel can do whatever they want unopposed.
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It is kind of funny that Iran already replaced Khomeini with another Khomeini. Except this one is extra shitty, and now also extra pissed off too.
Khamenei. Khomenei was another dude, replaced by Khamenei. Then Khamenei was killed and was replaced by Khamenei Jr.
Are all those actually different names, and not just varying latin alphabet transliterations of the same farsi word?
Yes, the first one was a different family, unrelated to the second and third, who are father and son.
The fuck?
Only funny if their first and only target is Mar A Lago.
Trump's code name should be Blunt Knife because he's about as useful as one.
The one you could use where I am from is "one hand clap"
Just as effective as clapping with one hand.
We call people like that "bull tits".
"That boy's about as useful as tits on a bull."
Why do the press think they wanted regime change? It's iran. It's their dream just to blow the place up.
But of course Trump and his Merry Men knew better than the unmatched intelligence and military apparatus they have around to call upon.
They changed leadership. It’s basically the same guy, just his son. The exact same flavor of religious crazy, just younger.
This analysis is useless
That's not what "change in leadership" means; it means different governments with different agendas coming into power. That will not happen as a result of this war.
That is however exactly what Donald Trump said leadership change in Venezuela meant.
Very different situations. Maduro was dictator of a relatively smaller nation that would not be the same without him there, while Iran is larger, more powerful, and has a leadership structure less dependent on one person. Even then, kidnapping Maduro does not mean his more pro US replacement is a reliable ally. She could be overthrown and is limited in how much she can help them.
Just because you have your own special definition of the phrase doesn’t mean that “a change in leadership“ means the same for everyone else.
A different person is now in leadership of Iran. That is a change of leadership,
Stop being weird about this
Edit: sorry not sorry that facts piss you off. Deal with it, assholes.
Says the person who misses the bigger picture. The US and Israel don't want to national build, they just want Iran's military to be weaker. They know that installing a long lasting puppet would be next to impossible, so they instead want to disarm their enemy.
I think you're taking the phrase more literally than most people would.
Man, that would really bum out Trump if he could read his briefings.
I see that Trump & Co. are vibe warring again.
Krasnov trusts the GRU and the FSB over his own CIA and ODNI. Of course this doesn't matter.