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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow DCUM MAGA sure is freaked out about how unpopular this warmongering is.  [/quote]

[b]Looks to me more like DCUM America haters are freaked out bc the US isn’t losing a war.[/b]

And FWIW, I’m opposed to this action. But since it’s a fait accompli, I’m sure as hell hoping it succeeds.

You and the “Death to America” crowd apparently feel otherwise.[/quote]

It ahs been barely 24 hours. There is no winning or losing at this juncture.[/quote]

Of course there is, unless one is being absurdly pedantic.

Decapitating the regime (confirmed) and substantially degrading their force projection and defensive capabilities (apparently) = winning.

Doesn’t mean that it’s “over”, but it is winning.[/quote]

DP. Where did you hear or read that the regime has been decapitated and that it has been confirmed? That’s not what I’ve been reading and I read a broad range of sources.[/quote]

NY Times, BBC, Guardian, WaPo, Economist, etc.

Suggest expanding your reading list.[/quote]

I read those and more. Do you have any specific cites?[/quote]

Sure you do.

Follow this link for a chart from the NYT:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/world/middleeast/iran-leadership-khamenei-shamkhani-pakpour-nasirzadeh.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QFA.uK5h.bL5P_6D_-NW7&smid=url-share

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And? So? The confirmed death of the ayatollah and some high ranking officials does not mean that the existing governmental structure won’t continue after it is reconstituted.  They have a constitution and a succession plan. The second paragraph in your link says:

“It is unclear which of the Ayatollah’s possible successors might rise. Ali Larijani, Iran’s top national security official, said that the president, the head of the judiciary and a member of the Council of Guardians, a powerful group of jurists, would temporarily govern until a new leader was chosen.”

The ayatollah will be replaced and so will the roles of the people who were killed. Trump himself said he is fine with an outcome that looks like Venezuela—head guy is gone but governing structure remains intact. Did you think the US was actually going to execute a complete regime change? [/quote]

Check out the definition of decapitated, then lmk if you think this merits further pedantic dillholery.[/quote]

The head has been cut off, but the body (especially the backbone of the IRGC) is still functioning for now. Ditto the Venezuelan government. [/quote]

It’s all about the IRGC.[/quote]

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