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Esox Lucius

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2. Makes sense......Without boots on the ground or an armed and. organized
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 11:41 AM
Yesterday

an armed and organized opposition force, I dont see how regime change can happen.

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The theocrats in Iran have a deep bench. dalton99a Yesterday #1
Makes sense......Without boots on the ground or an armed and. organized Esox Lucius Yesterday #2
Of course he would be replaced by a younger IRGC leader. Fla Dem Yesterday #3
Yes, they HAD TO HAVE a plan for replacement kurtyboy 21 hrs ago #12
Trump thinks other countries don't have chains of command. Grins 4 hrs ago #18
Trump doesn't care what actually happens. NYC Liberal Yesterday #4
This is something that had occurred to me and should have been an important part of any decision to bomb Iran. Martin68 Yesterday #5
The plan is to keep removing leaders until they get one they can buy off - snot Yesterday #6
Iran is ahead on that. herding cats 6 hrs ago #17
The IRCG are Soleimani's people. Trump killed him with a drone strike in 2019. We killed another commander last year. ChicagoTeamster Yesterday #7
Supposedly they got him. It won't make things better though. NEOBuckeye Yesterday #8
I agree. Aussie105 22 hrs ago #9
Yes, but not just that. I think these are privileged people that benefit financially JI7 21 hrs ago #10
I studied political science and public policy in graduate school. kurtyboy 21 hrs ago #11
Ask Hezbollah how the line of succession went after Nasrallah Tarc 19 hrs ago #13
Well they killed the head of Figarosmom 18 hrs ago #14
I'm having trouble digging through a thick layer of obfuscation and vagueness Aussie105 13 hrs ago #15
Yup, nothing will change Karma13612 8 hrs ago #16
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