"The Iranian youth who cracked the moral foundations of a 40-year theocracy did so largely on their own, against unprecedented regime brutality, while the international community looked on."
I wish I could share your confidence, but "cracking the foundations" of an Islamist theocracy is a very difficult task.
Trump's M.O. is to drop some bombs, declare victory and go home. There simply won't be any Americans there to topple the regime. So if it falls, or at least mellows out, I expect it will be fairly obvious that credit belongs to those brave Iranians who opposed the regime.
I hope Iranians understand, though, that since the IRGC decided to kill protestors en masse, they will fight very hard to ensure that they do not face justice. Because that's how people work. They will cling to their guns and kill as many people as they need to, just to make sure they don't see a jail cell.
Thanks for this summary. Interesting. I’m hoping for the best…
"The Iranian youth who cracked the moral foundations of a 40-year theocracy did so largely on their own, against unprecedented regime brutality, while the international community looked on."
I wish I could share your confidence, but "cracking the foundations" of an Islamist theocracy is a very difficult task.
A Muslim is the active participle of the Arabic verb aslama (to surrender/submit), and thus it means "one who submits to God," "one who surrenders to God," or "a submitter". Submission is deeply engrained in Muslim societies and an attack from non-Muslims will only intensify the tendency to revert to orthodoxy. Simply removing the Ayatollah is not enough to break the spell of Islamic orthodoxy. https://homepages.uc.edu/~martinj/Philosophy%20and%20Religion/Islam%20and%20Islamic%20Philosophy/whatisislam.html#:~:text=Where%20Does%20the%20Name%20Muslim,Narrated%20by%20Al%2DBukhari)
They are not Muslims. They are Persian…
An Islamist Theocracy is most certainly Muslim and tight with the various Sunni Arab Islamists such as Hamas, etc.
Trump's M.O. is to drop some bombs, declare victory and go home. There simply won't be any Americans there to topple the regime. So if it falls, or at least mellows out, I expect it will be fairly obvious that credit belongs to those brave Iranians who opposed the regime.
I hope Iranians understand, though, that since the IRGC decided to kill protestors en masse, they will fight very hard to ensure that they do not face justice. Because that's how people work. They will cling to their guns and kill as many people as they need to, just to make sure they don't see a jail cell.
Religion poisons everything. But weren't things terrible under the Shah