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An Iranian endgame?
American Thinker ^ | 23 Dec, 2021 | Hamid Enayat

Posted on 12/23/2021 4:53:29 AM PST by MtnClimber

The Iranian regime may be facing a brick wall. How will the mullahs respond?

The Iranian regime wants to return to the 2015 agreement that allowed it to maintain its entire nuclear infrastructure, recoup $150 billion, and sell up to 2.5 million barrels of oil a day. With this money, it has expanded and developed its network of paramilitary militias throughout the region, developed its missiles, attacked oil tankers and a Saudi refinery, and threatened the Strait of Hormuz.

But the regime is unaware that the balance of power has changed in the region. It has been virtually driven out of Syria. It suffered a stinging defeat in the Iraqi legislative elections. In Lebanon, the population defies Hezb’allah, which is supported at arm's length by the mullahs. Above all, the regime has gone through three significant uprisings in 2017, 2018, and 2019. This situation has led the Supreme Leader to disqualify all rivals in the presidential election in favor of a president who will lead an obedient government.

It is clear that under the new balance of power, the P5+1 group and their allies no longer want to allow the clerical regime to continue threatening the region, block the Straits of Hormuz, or attack oil tankers.

For months, Iran has ignored Western calls to return to the negotiating table while continuing its nuclear program. Iran seeks to buy time

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The Supreme Leader is at a crossroads: either he renounces nuclear weapons and the deployment of his militias to obtain a lifting of sanctions and delay the social explosion in his country, or he will face not only the anger of his population but also the activation of the "trigger mechanism" of the Iranian nuclear agreement, which could lead to the return of UN sanctions.

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TOPICS: History; Society
KEYWORDS: jihad

1 posted on 12/23/2021 4:53:29 AM PST by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

The mullahs just want to cause world-wide chaos in order to cause the coming of their 12th imam and the end of the world.


2 posted on 12/23/2021 4:53:52 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

Besides what do a few hundred thousand lives matter compared to the sacred cause


3 posted on 12/23/2021 5:09:05 AM PST by robowombat (Orthodox )
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To: MtnClimber

It takes less suspension of disbelief to believe pro wrestling is real than it takes to believe islam is a real religion.


4 posted on 12/23/2021 5:26:47 AM PST by oldvirginian (So if a cow doesn’t produce milk, is it a milk dud or an udder failure?)
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To: MtnClimber

—and if the Trump mid-east policy had continued, virtually all of the Arab countries would be at peace with Israel-—

—instead, the buffoon in the White House stopped the process—


5 posted on 12/23/2021 5:28:55 AM PST by rellimpank (--don't believe anything the media or government says about firearms or explosives--)
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The Iranian regime wants to return to the 2015 agreement that ...

... Obama gave them billions of dollars. After President Trump trashed the agreement and Biden sought to reinstate it, the Iranian initial position was for Biden to pay them one trillion dollars! So far, he hasn't paid though.

6 posted on 12/23/2021 8:23:48 AM PST by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that most of the media is hate & agenda driven, not truth driven.)
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To: MtnClimber

To bring Iran to its knees could be done in one day.

The next time they rocket a tanker or Saudi refineries we attack their oil producing infrastructure.

1. Hit the pumping stations of their oil pipelines.
2. When they rebuild them, which is a long process, hit them again.
3. Repeat as needed.

This will cause minimal casualties. We could be real nice and tell them in advance to abandon those facilities least you die.

Iran would collapse.


7 posted on 12/23/2021 8:52:48 AM PST by cpdiii (CANE CUTTER-DECKHAND-ROUGHNECK-OILFIELD CONSULTANT-GEOLOGIST-PILOT-PHARMACIST )
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To: oldvirginian

Oh that’s nice.
Denigrate professional wrestling.
That greatest sport in the world.

Joke, it’s a joke


8 posted on 12/23/2021 10:32:02 AM PST by Joe Boucher (Kimber .45 )
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To: MtnClimber

The Mullahs will attempt something vis-a-vis Israel, but Israel will retaliate with such devastation that domestic protests in Iran will end the reign of the Mullahs. The Middle East will rejoice and more Middle East countries will abandon the “Palestinian” demands.

However, Erdogan will become even more convinced of the necessity to “lead” the Muslims of the Middle East, and he’ll have the Muslim Brotherhood throughout the Middle East on his side, sparking new turmoil within many Sunni Middle East nations.


9 posted on 12/23/2021 10:35:39 AM PST by Wuli
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To: Joe Boucher

😈


10 posted on 12/23/2021 12:17:50 PM PST by oldvirginian (So if a cow doesn’t produce milk, is it a milk dud or an udder failure?)
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