ShapurII
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Very well said.Give the Americans huge huge credit. They pulled off a miracle out of their asses.
US was running out of stand off munitions and time. They could not disengage without admitting defeat. Everything was in Irans court.
Now they can just disengage without admitting defeat zero humiliation and cut off Irans oil to boot and wait.
Time is no longer on Irans side.
Iran managed to grab defeat right out of the jaws of victory….
When fighting Iraq, Irans governent wanted endless war. 29 year olds were dying and they were personally profiting.
Now that war means a few senior leaders have to actually put their neck on the line,and they all turn mother theresa.
Sacrificing hard earned military gains for their own neck.
If Iran is not willing to accept the pain and finish this war properly once and for all, it might as well surrender today.
Who is this IRGC that we keep talking about? We always assume that the IRGC is an organization with a voice in the system, but is it?There are good reasons to worry about Qalibaf, no doubt. Trump indicated his preference to deal with Qalibaf à la Delcy, which on its own can be a disqualifier. It also doesn't help that he is flanked by Zarif's right hand Araghchi, Rouhani's buddy Hemmati, etc. He also visited WEF in Davos in 2008. Zarif was very keen on WEF too. There is also the issue of Qalibaf's corruption allegations as mayor of Tehran.
Maybe IRGC will veto a bad deal even after these people sign it. But I wouldn't hold my breath.
Ghalibaf is a Brigadier General of the IRGC himself. He served as the Commander of IRGC Air Force for a while.








