Trump 'could kill Ayatollah's son and senior mullahs to topple Iranian regime'

[Swede]

That ought to settle things down.


Donald Trump is considering plans to assassinate the son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei among the military options for a strike on Iran.

The US president has reportedly been presented with a decapitation campaign against the leadership of the Islamic Republic, with Mojtaba Khamenei on the list alongside his father.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-could-allow-iran-token-124852382.html

[yellow dahlia]

1. It's a WTF kind of day.

[Attilatheblond]

2. Yep. Do these whiz kids ever consider conseqeneces?

And are Jr & Erik getting nervous?

[yellow dahlia]

4. Seriously - they aren't even playing tiddly winks, never mind three dimensional chess.

[ananda]

6. I'd call it flinging shit all around the sandbox...

while billionaires sit on the side and clap.

[yellow dahlia]

9. Right. The Tech billionaires are ready to swoop in and claim their Dark Enlightenment

among the ruins.

[ananda]

10. It's interesting to imagine them taking over an obliterated mess.

....

[yellow dahlia]

11. They want the mess.

They are insulated and protected...even with bunker type residences.

They have the data? Do they already have some of the spoils from the Treasury? I dunno.

[ananda]

12. Can you imagine living in an obliterated world...

Well, maybe they'll have virtual reality by then.

I think Stanislav Lem explored this avenue in
one of his futuristic books back in the day.

[yellow dahlia]

13. Indeed. We are in a place too familiar to the futuristic dystopian scenarios of fiction.

I will do all I can to prevent it from happening.

I stand for the Constitution (even if it isn't perfect). I stand for Democracy (even if it is flawed).

I will do all I can to protect the next generations.

[ananda]

14. I just saw a clip of Barbara Jordan in the Watergate hearing...

saying: "I will not stand by and be a spectator
to the diminution or destruction of the Constitution."

I wish she were alive today.

[yellow dahlia]

15. Indeed.

[WarGamer]

3. Might open up a decade of terrorism aimed against US interests globally... not good

[RockRaven]

5. Have any of the dumbfucks in the DOD or State Dept been told that that action will not

in fact necessarily lead to a toppled regime? Or have they been told and are ignoring that inconvenience?

[Arazi]

16. If they don't also kill hundreds of the top IRGC members as well

All the bombing in the world won’t decapitate Iran’s leadership.

The IRGC has tentacles in so many power centers and controls most of the legal (and illegal) revenue in Iran

[struggle4progress]

7. Maybe pollsters should ask Americans who they most want to see assassinated.

Do we want to take out guys (like Kim Jong Un) who hang big banners of themselves on public buildings? There are so many possibilities! Do we want to go after regimes that attack protestors? Maybe we should assassinate rich kleptocrats who coddle pedophiles? How about folk who build and run concentration camps for profit?

[Mosby]

8. I don't take seriously anything the Telegraph writes.

It's not a good source for news and analysis.