In other words the supreme leader is dead

[justoffal]

The ONLY ONE WITH ACESS? MY ASS....
This doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure out.

 

[1srelluc]

When I read of that this morning I thought; Huh, I guess ol peg-leg kicked the bucket.

 

[1srelluc]

I wonder how Iran's regular army (Artesh) fits into all this?

 

[marvin martian]

The ONLY ONE WITH ACESS? MY ASS....
This doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure out.

This is a huge blow to the left. The Ayatollah was their hero.

 

[BS Filter]

I expect Iran to say they want to talk right when bombers lift off.

 

[toobfreak]

This is a huge blow to the left. The Ayatollah was their hero.

Democrats probably held another one of their prayer vigils for the guy. Poor Ayatollah, may be rest in peace and find his 72 9-year old virgins with Allah.

 

[justoffal]

Democrats probably held another one of their prayer vigils for the guy. Poor Ayatollah, may be rest in peace and find his 72 9-year old virgins with Allah.

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Pelosi has well trained knees

 

[justoffal]

Democrats probably held another one of their prayer vigils for the guy. Poor Ayatollah, may be rest in peace and find his 72 9-year old virgins with Allah.

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He might have to fight his old man for a few of those virgins...

 

[jacksonlamb]

It means the IRGC is running things.

 

[justoffal]

It means the IRGC is running things.

Yep.... Explains why you're getting one answer from The diplomatic department and another answer from the war fighting department.

 

[1srelluc]

Iran's regular army is twice the size of the IRGC.

Hopefully they come in on the side of the people.

 

[justoffal]

Iran's regular army is twice the size of the IRGC.

Hopefully they come in on the side of the people.

Looks like all Trump has to do is wait this one out

 

[Anarchy666]

Looks like all Trump has to do is wait this one out

Just sit around and wait for Iran to get a nuke?
Are you ******* high?

 

[justoffal]

Just sit around and wait for Iran to get a nuke?
Are you ******* high?

Well of course we have to stop that.... what I'm saying is it looks like Iran might collapse from inside out.....

 

[toobfreak]

Looks like all Trump has to do is wait this one out

Kinda looks that way. So long as we shut down all ships into and out of Iran, and maybe blow up one more bridge, and:

1. Iran loses about 90% of its income to fund its economy.
2. Iran cannot import any gas to fuel their vehicles. Iran refines a small amount of gas, but it is needed to pump into their wells to keep oil flowing.
3. Without export, soon, Iran runs out of storage and must shut down their oil wells.

 

[ozro]

It's starting to look like the best case scenario would be Iran finishes one of their nukes, and accidentally detonates it on themselves.

 

[justoffal]

Kinda looks that way. So long as we shut down all ships into and out of Iran, and maybe blow up one more bridge, and:

1. Iran loses about 90% of its income to fund its economy.
2. Iran cannot import any gas to fuel their vehicles. Iran refines a small amount of gas, but it is needed to pump into their wells to keep oil flowing.
3. Without export, soon, Iran runs out of storage and must shut down their oil wells.

I wonder if that's what he's thinking...

 

[toobfreak]

I wonder if that's what he's thinking...

Who, Trump? He better be because those are the facts. Iran's economy DEPENDS on exports via the Persian Gulf, and without that and its imports, losing nearly all of its income funding the military, loses the import gasoline supply it needs to fuel its vehicles (cars, trucks, etc.) as what little they actually refine internally is all needed for and used for the pumping of crude out of the ground.

And without shipping their oil, they soon run out of places to keep storing it so must shut down their oil wells from pumping up anymore, and from what I understand, once you shut down a well, they are not the simplest things to get back up running again (maybe you lose priming of the pumps or something).

And my understanding is that their next best avenue for importing and exporting is via one lone railway line out of the country and if we blow up one bridge, that too is useless.

And then the ceasefire runs out tomorrow, which is around 8PM tonight EST by my estimation. So at this point, I have to believe things inside the Iran government must be rather terse now, with two factions growing between the hardcore never give up IRGC ready to fight to the death, and more moderate voices looking to save something of the country.

The next few days should be interesting.

 

[justoffal]

Who, Trump? He better be because those are the facts. Iran's economy DEPENDS on exports via the Persian Gulf, and without that and its imports, losing nearly all of its income funding the military, loses the import gasoline supply it needs to fuel its vehicles (cars, trucks, etc.) as what little they actually refine internally is all needed for and used for the pumping of crude out of the ground.

And without shipping their oil, they soon run out of places to keep storing it so must shut down their oil wells from pumping up anymore, and from what I understand, once you shut down a well, they are not the simplest things to get back up running again (maybe you lose priming of the pumps or something).

And my understanding is that their next best avenue for importing and exporting is via one lone railway line out of the country and if we blow up one bridge, that too is useless.

And then the ceasefire runs out tomorrow, which is around 8PM tonight EST by my estimation. So at this point, I have to believe things inside the Iran government must be rather terse now, with two factions growing between the hardcore never give up IRGC ready to fight to the death, and more moderate voices looking to save something of the country.

The next few days should be interesting.

Agreed