Posted on 01/20/2026 2:41:59 AM PST by Words Matter
The Regime Behind the Carnage: Iran’s War on Its Own People and on Israel. Iran’s Hypothetical Atrocities and Its Proxy War Against Israel.
The Islamic Republic of Iran has a dark history of brutally suppressing its own people, with estimates suggesting that in just two weeks of crackdowns (Jan/2026), it massacred between 20,000 and 50,000 unarmed civilians. Extrapolating this rate over two years yields a staggering 1.04 million to 2.6 million potential deaths—a chilling reminder of the regime’s capacity for mass murder against innocents, far exceeding even the most tragic conflicts.
This same ruthless regime fuels terrorism through its backing of genocidal Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in Gaza, providing weapons, funding, and training as part of its “axis of resistance” to destabilize the region and target Israel. On October 7, 2023, “Palestine” regime Hamas launched a barbaric invasion, massacring over 1,200 Israelis and taking hundreds hostage in acts of unspeakable cruelty, including rape, torture, and the slaughter of families. This unprovoked assault forced Israel into a defensive war to dismantle the terrorist infrastructure and secure its citizens from endless rocket barrages and threats.
In a cynical strategy to garner international sympathy, Hamas and PIJ deliberately embed their military operations—rocket launchers, tunnels, and command centers—amidst civilian areas like hospitals, schools, and UN facilities, using Gazan civilians as human shields to inflate casualties and demonize Israel’s precise responses. Despite these tactics, Israel’s military has gone to extraordinary lengths to minimize harm, issuing evacuation warnings, creating humanitarian corridors, and adhering to international law, even as Hamas diverts aid and holds its own people hostage to its ideology of destruction.
As of late 2025, Israel eliminated over 25,000 terrorists, early 2026, Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry claims around 67,000–71,000 deaths, though these figures include combatants and are often inflated or unverified; independent analyses suggest the true toll, while heartbreaking, reflects the consequences of Hamas’s war crimes rather than Israeli aggression. Israel’s fight is not against Palestinians but against Iranian-backed extremists who prioritize jihad over peace, sacrificing their own to perpetuate conflict.
In the face of such evil, Israel’s resilience and commitment to defending democracy shine through, underscoring the moral clarity: a sovereign nation protecting its people from genocidal threats, while the world must hold Iran and its proxies accountable for the bloodshed they engineer.
While my dad was alive he would often mention not one square inch of Communist territory has even been lost. He would have been happy to see the Soviet Union collapse. I know I was. I certainly look forward to the people of Iran setting the trend for the beginning of the end of Islam.
Shiite or sunni both have the poisonous radicalism.
Current expansionist Erdogan is one of the dangerous ones.
Not one word about the Mad Mullah 12ers and their desire to bring all of humanity to Paradise, aka extinction.
17 centuries of nothing but death and misery for those who follow the death cult. They are a miserable bunch that insist its followers embrace misery and a lifetime of fear and death. I can’t hate them enough.
What changed? Why after 14 centuries of conquest is Islam itself suddenly in trouble? The Internet is why. Without lies, Islam dies. It is no surprise to me that the Taliban in Afghanistan have made the Internet forbidden. Or that IsIs did the same thing . They knew the threat it poses to their evil religion.
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Somebody had to inject some liberalism/ anarchy in here before people accuse the FR of being bias. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😗
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All the more reason to keep Muslims out of the country and to stop deluding ourselves into thinking we can create Western friendly democracies in Muslim nations.
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