Correct.
Here’s what the people I know in Iran say (and this is not representative of all Iranians - mostly the urban, anti-clerical ones):
1. The death of Soleimani has temporarily brought the people to agree with the Ayatollahs in PROTESTING
2. The people don’t want a war with the USA - they KNOW they will lose and they don’t want the Ayatollahs to win
3. the Ayatollahs are clothing themselves in patriotism, just as Stalin did in 1941. The people see through this
4. But there is still outrage that an Iranian general was killed so openly. There are murmurings of Mossadegh
If the Ayatollahs openly launched a war, people would not support it.
With this bombardment, the masses in Tehran seem “satisfied” - it’s probably different in other areas.
Now to reality - in the event of a war, Iran loses, the USA loses (less but still) and the only real winner is Saudi Arabia.
My proposal is to drop tens of thousands of small caliper handguns into the cities with the most protests. Inscribe on each one : Freedom is not free with a cross and a crescent.
We have word of people being forced to attend the funeral and being executed if they didn’t plan to.
There were people in the street celebrating this guy’s death.
Now you tell us people there are upset we killed a guy who ordered 1500 people shot dead for protesting in the streets, and wounding countless others?
Sorry, not buying that at all.
Taking down the leadership of Iran will in no way be a loss for the US, and the destruction of their nuclear and missile programs will be a massive win both regionally and beyond.