>“And he’s so cowardly and blubbering and pathetic, as are most strong men when you remove their power and they’re and they’re faced with their imminent death, they rarely handle it bravely.”
the opposite is actually true.
but the worms who wrote this trash would’t know.
Iran essentially has three personas represented by it's officials:
"The Philosopher": Ali Larijani
"The Diplomat": Abbas Araghchi
"The Troll": Ghalibaf
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I don’t think people quite understand Indian isolation and Pakistani centrality in this international game. The reason is very simple. Pakistan is an integral part of a cosmopolitan 2bn-strong Islamic world that stretches from Morocco to Indonesia; India is not.
@SultanYavar@Pataramesh They WILL target civilian infrastructure since the goal is to collapse the regime.
It will mirror the 1991 Iraq war.
Few caveats:
-Iran is a much bigger country with a population of ~90 million, Iraq was only 17.7 million in 1991.
-Iraq was devastated from 8-year war with Iran.
@SultanYavar@RepublicApostle@ScottMGreer Plural societies are less resilient than homogeneous societies:
-Lack of internal cohesion > break down & factianalization.
-Power struggle > weak loyalty.
-Less committed members > increased defections.
@SultanYavar@RepublicApostle@ScottMGreer I don't think Iran outperformed expectations, the results were pretty much expected to me.
The USA actually never fought a middle power or regional power since WW2, it only got humiliated by small powers.
A thread on political views of the Arab world, from Arab Barometer IX.
The Arab world is becoming increasingly pro-China, pro-Russia, pro-Iran and increasingly anti-US.
Note: The survey was conducted in 2025 before the ongoing war.
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@heaeolik Morocco being in the Western camp is understandable & expected.
Morocco is a monarchy, key Western ally, armed by the West and receives aid.
The complete opposite is Algeria, Arab nationalist, left-leaning republic with history of anti-colonial struggle.
Egypt sets in the middle.
Iran's resurging popularity.
Iran's popularity has collapsed in the Arab world in the last 15 years (before October 7) due to what was widely perceived negative interventions in Syria and Iraq.
Iran's confrontation to Israel & US is boosting it's standing in Arab World
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