Convicted felon President Trump’s team will convene on Tuesday to present the fat bastard with an array of options – ranging from cyber warfare, increased sanctions, and a renewed wave of military strikes – to accelerate what may be a death spiral for Iran’s fascist theocratic regime amid the most sustained period of violent civil unrest in its 47-year history, the Wall Street Journal reports.
At least 544 people have been killed over the last three weeks of crackdowns by the plainly threatened Tehran government who have cut off all internet access in a classic desperation move.
A smartly-written analysis printed in the Atlantic over the weekend laid out just how badly the Ayatollah’s reich is teetering due to massive inflation, food and water shortages, outrage over elites’ kids gilded Instagram posts and other blatant venalities, and so on. But it’s not there yet, as the uprising – despite meeting other major conditions – has yet to make any major dent in the Revolutionary Guard Corps and other power ministries’ loyalty to their 86 year-old Supreme Dictator.
Still, the dumb money may be on the Islamic Republic remaining in power another six months, especially with the Orange Ayatollah smelling blood in the water and with it the opportunity to take credit for its collapse while disowning any of the downstream consequences for the region.