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Posted on 05/05/2026 12:48:09 PM PDT by Time_Has_Come
Caution: I don't know about the neutrality of the source. But reports are that thousands of IRGC and Basij members have defected, some to neighboring countries (Armenia, Turkey, Azerbeijan) and others within Iran.
Note: To my knowledge, while IRGC is a full-blown military force with it's own "navy" and "air force," and is tasked with border security and extra-territorial action throughout the world, the Basij started as volunteer militia for border defense, but in peacetime, is tasked with suppression of popular uprising.
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Trump’s actions are taking place nearly 50 years after “the Revolution.”
In all such countries, by the 2nd generation, such top-down, collectivist, ideological revolutions are spent. This has proven true all over the world
Their economies are dysfunctional, the “ideals” they started with are no longer believed, and the leadership are seen as distant, self-serving and corrupt. The population at large is, at best, tired of them. At worst, the population are in open revolt. No one wants to die for them.
This, among other reasons, is why Trump will win.
Its all fun and games until the paycheck stops coming. Then death to America doesn’t seem worth it. The blockade is working.
Chicken Shiiite,
Live-to-fight-another-day,
or just want to get the heck out of there.
Never can know.
But like the Mafia they do not have a retirement plan.
Iranian rulers know some will want to “drop out.”
Christopher Walken....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHWijAMXdog
Defections from the most hard core elements of the regime likely have several overlapping causes: lack of adequate and timely payment; a demoralizing sense of disorganization and futility; fear for the future; and the need to attend to family. In addition, there is probably an increase in looting and corruption that signals it is becoming every man for himself.
Hopefully, they frag their commander before they defect.
The IRGC takes care of family first. They have dedicated housing districts for family. I would not be surprised if they also have dedicated shopping, schools and medical.
Interesting. 50 years. A jubilee year.
The IRGC operates like the old Soviet model that has a brutal criminal elite ruling a country, masked by ideology. In the end though, whether the USSR or Iran, when the cash runs out, the special housing, schools, stores, and medical facilities cannot be maintained and the system implodes.
A good deep long article.
I recommend reading the whole thing at the link.
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