hi all, in my son's school in milan italy, a muslim mum arrives to any event with her palestinian signs. since the teachers, on my behalf, asked her to stop bringing in signs, so instead she plasters her clothes in palestine stickers and wears her terrorists' kaffiya. do you think it's legit i'll come with this shirt? feel free to share the image. omri (funny side note - chatgpt refused to use the original image of the porn actress because it was too sexualized. when i explained i want the girl edited out and replaced with this man, it was all good :))

People who I grew up with and respect are not happy. https://youtu.be/uacH19gt-Mo?si=_EcGmicwQiRVqpgP

The day is coming. Maybe not today and maybe not tomorrow but the situation between the Islamic regime and the people of Iran is approaching a breaking point. So the question is "What does that actually mean?" The end game we'd all like to see is a liberal democractic Iran which is open to the world for economic, cultural and scientific exchange but the route to that end has many many stops and, very unfortunately, much suffering along the way. First the regime in power must "collapse." That means that it must lose effective control of some institution or territory of significance. One could even say that the IRGC's independence from the Guardian Council is itself a sign of regime collapse, but for true change the IRGC must cede control of sime city or province so that an alternative regime will take root. It means that some localized effort needs to draw definitive lines saying it is loyal elsewhere (maybe to the Shah, but even to some local oppositionary council of local popular leaders). That initial rejection of regime authority can be easy by mass-defection in a specific locale or it could be bloody, but won by overwhelming popular support. US or Israrli air cover can help, but only once it is clear that good people will be the ones to take over that city or province. From there the revolution (more like counter-revolution) can spread but by nature tge hardest of the hardliners won't fall quickly. They might consolidate in Tehran or even in Mashad which is closer to regime-sympathetic borders. As long as some hold out resists there is still danger of terrorism against any emergent regime, as well as internal instability among opposotion groups. I do believe Iran is on the right track but we must acknowledge that stability and peace for regular Iranians could still be 4-5 years away. Even reconstruction aid from the US or Israel may be delayed until a unified authority can guarantee how aid money will be used (ie will this build a hospital or a missile factory?)

Nothing lasts forever. Many on our side seem to think that the U.S. will remove the Islamic State from power and put the Crowned Prince in power. I was looking at the U.S. polls. They show that between 28%-33% (average 30%) of Americans support what Trump has done up to now. That means 70% of Americans are against the action. We haven't had boots on the ground. If we do get U.S. soldiers on the ground and the KIA counts come in...30% support for the war will look high. ABC, CBS, and NBC lead with the story that the war is causing gas prices to skyrocket. So, people see the Iran conflict as the reason they can't feed their kids. U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham is viewed unfavorably by 61% of voters because he supports the war. Trump is under pressure to wrap things up. Soon, we will be on our own. Therefore, my question is: are we ready for the next phase? Ourselves Alone.