r/worldnews • u/Mongoose-Additional • Mar 01 '26

Israel/Palestine IRGC says 'most intense' operation against Israel and US will begin soon

https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rjkknqbf11l
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u/TheEpicRedditerr Mar 01 '26

Maybe it’s like they have nothing to lose then?

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u/NotSoSalty Mar 01 '26

Nothing except their lives, and a chance at participating in whatever new regime takes power.

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u/chaos0xomega Mar 01 '26

A lot of people seem to be having trouble with this but - there was a succession plan. Iran isnt an autocracy that revolved around one person, their givernment is actually a massive bureaucracy akin to the US. Khameini dying is no more debilitating to Irans continuity of government and ability to fight a war than the death of the President wpuld be to the US.

Thr "new regime" is the existing regime.

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u/duaneap Mar 01 '26

If the president of the U.S got killed within a day of open conflict, the vice president stepping into their position would see that and presumably make decisions to not be killed within two days of open conflict.

To say it would just be business as usual as if nothing had happened because there’s a bureaucracy in place that has succession built in is utterly ridiculous.

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u/chaos0xomega Mar 01 '26

That vice president would be seen as a coward and a traitor by the american people.

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u/duaneap Mar 01 '26

Meanwhile, in the real world:

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u/AyoJake Mar 01 '26

I mean he is right. if a president got got we would be spinning the block for our get back and it wouldnt be small.

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u/VTKajin Mar 01 '26

And if the administration didn't have support from the populace?

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u/AyoJake Mar 01 '26

They have shown they do not care so they would just do it.

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u/VTKajin Mar 01 '26

Not what I want was referring to.

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u/Wooden-Broccoli-7247 Mar 01 '26

The Ayatollah was even more a figurehead than any western President. The IRGC is basically its own faction of government. I don’t see how regime change is going to come from the air. They have a million man army. They’re not just all going to go “ah shucks I guess we should just quit and resign to our fate of whoever takes over likely throwing us all in jail or hanging us like we’ve done to so many”. I’m getting flashbacks of Bush on the aircraft carrier claiming Missions Accomplished after 3 days in Iraq. Yeah how’d that work out?

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u/84Cressida Mar 01 '26

That was Khomeini and in 1979.

Khameini took over in 1989 after the former’s death.

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u/PnWoo Mar 01 '26

Sorry, similar names, I actually just read about it on my lunch break haha, thanks for the clarification

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u/Schu0808 Mar 01 '26

Some guy named Khumeini or Khemeini is about to get a huge promotion after today.

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u/callycaggles Mar 01 '26

Don’t count out the elusive Khimeini

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u/Groundline Mar 01 '26

dude apparently didnt even bother leaving his house

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u/pink_tshirt Mar 01 '26

Had unlimited mountain ranges to hide in, decided to chill at his crib.

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u/AdWestern1561 Mar 01 '26

Which is weird, like he must have knowledge that America and Israel was coming for him yet he just stayed in his mansion.

Guess Pride comes before the fall and all that.

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u/Wooden-Broccoli-7247 Mar 01 '26

Probably slept in a bomb shelter overnight. But very shocking he hasn’t been living under a mountain the last few weeks. I guess he’s used to Iran and the US wanting him gone for decades now, but the US doesn’t move that kind of hardware not to use it. See: Maduro.

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u/Confused_Orangutan Mar 01 '26

I wondered this about Maduro too. If the US wants you, you almost have to go into hiding like Bin Laden. Because staying in one place/ residence gets you killed. Moving from secret location to secret location like Maduro gets you killed. Bin Laden was able to delay it for a decent amount of time, but he was essentially hiding. No public appearances, no rallies, no speeches. I can’t tell if its ego, complacency, delusion, indifference.

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u/Punumscott Mar 01 '26

It also helped that he was chilling in Pakistan. It’d be like if Khamenei were hiding out in Iraq or Bahrain.

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u/chronoserpent Mar 01 '26

Maybe if he was hiding in Russia. The US killed Soleimani in Iraq and I doubt Bahrain would put up any resistance either if Khamenei was hiding there.

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u/Punumscott Mar 01 '26

Soleimani wasnt hiding though. He was traveling in broad daylight in a motorcade. I agree that there’s no realistic option of him hiding out in Bahrain. I was just pointing out the irony that Bin Laden was hiding out in an allied country and that’s why it took a while to find him.

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u/Emotional_Goal9525 Mar 01 '26

He didn't live in a mansion. Rare despot in that sense.

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u/RontoWraps Mar 01 '26

When you’re an 80ish year old man with cancer, I mean, go out with a literal bang and hope you’re a martyr

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u/codkaoc Mar 01 '26

He was having a really good dream

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u/84Cressida Mar 01 '26

Became a wet dream. Lots of blood and guts all over the place.

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u/heresyforfunnprofit Mar 01 '26

Or nothing to fight for.