Encouraging people to rise up against a well armed regime without any intention of properly supporting them is worse than doing nothing. I hope I'm wrong and that Trump has more of plan than jus… (View Post)

Fair enough about not yielding to pessimism. I in no way want to assume that the Iranian people aren't capable of overhtrowing the regime. It would just be entirely incidental to Trump's pl… (View Post)

I agree with your sentiment but the whole point of Venezuela was to leave the current regime in place to avoid the need for any more costly military and peace keeping operations. If the same thing ha… (View Post)

I think it's abundantly clear that neither he nor Netanyahu seriously expect the regime to fall. They've got their excuses in early by pinning the failure on the Iranian people. They just w… (View Post)

There's something horribly gas lighty about Trump's statement to the Iranian people. It's basically saying we're going to bomb the hell out of Iran but if the regime survives then… (View Post)