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I can think of 90 million good reasons to OPPOSE the just announced two week ceasefire with Iran. That’s the number of ordinary Iranians who do not want to live under Islamic tyranny and who were slaughtered in the tens of thousands these past few months for daring to protest AGAINST the regime that now looks like it will stay in place.
Let’s take a few moments to review what has happened. Pakistan – itself a terrorist failed State – brokered a two week ceasefire with the Islamic Republic of Iran and the USA. As part of the deal, all hostilities are paused and the Strait of Hormuz will open to traffic. The problem with this is that the Strait of Hormuz was open BEFORE the war so to then claim this as a post war victory is delusional. Plus it is an admission that Iran controls this international waterway. How is that a good thing?
Yes, the US and Israeli military have achieved quite a lot of good things.
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is dead, his body in a fridge. His successor, his gay son Mojtaba, is in a coma.
The majority of the Leadership that was under Khamenei is also dead.
The IRGC and Basij are degraded.
The Ballistic missile and Drone capacity is shattered.
The Nuclear Programme is set back for a time.
Much military infrastructure is destroyed.
However, despite repeated claims from President Trump, there has not been ANY meaningful Regime change and that’s my problem with all of this.
It is NOT a win, at best a draw.
All the hysterics from the Left and the Woke Right, the blackballers and doomsayers, has been shown up for what it was. Lots of FAKE MAGA have been exposed (Hello Majorie Taylor Greene!) Trump was NEVER going to nuke Iran, he was simply being hyperbolic as a negotiation tactic.
So I feel deflated that we have reached this impasse with the Iranian Islamic Republic still in place and boasting about how many it plans to EXECUTE in the next few weeks.
My heart goes out to all my Iranian friends – you have been betrayed.
Sorry, but that’s the truth.
