• herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml
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    25 days ago

    The elites miscalculated. Thiel, Musk and the others that hold Trump’s leash thought that it would be a quick victory. But the Iranian people turned out to be stronger than they anticipated.

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      25 days ago

      The Iranian people were getting gunned down in the streets by the Iranian government just a few months before Trump attacked.

      It’s the Iranian government and military that managed to hold on. Trumps attack only made them stronger.

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        2 days ago

        I have no way of knowing how popular the Iranian government is with the Iranian people. But there is enough of them that support it for the regime to be stable.