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The theocrats in Iran have a deep bench. dalton99a Saturday #1
Makes sense......Without boots on the ground or an armed and. organized Esox Lucius Saturday #2
Of course he would be replaced by a younger IRGC leader. Fla Dem Saturday #3
Yes, they HAD TO HAVE a plan for replacement kurtyboy Saturday #12
Trump thinks other countries don't have chains of command. Grins 14 hrs ago #18
Trump doesn't care what actually happens. NYC Liberal Saturday #4
This is something that had occurred to me and should have been an important part of any decision to bomb Iran. Martin68 Saturday #5
The plan is to keep removing leaders until they get one they can buy off - snot Saturday #6
Iran is ahead on that. herding cats 16 hrs ago #17
The IRCG are Soleimani's people. Trump killed him with a drone strike in 2019. We killed another commander last year. ChicagoTeamster Saturday #7
Supposedly they got him. It won't make things better though. NEOBuckeye Saturday #8
I agree. Aussie105 Saturday #9
Yes, but not just that. I think these are privileged people that benefit financially JI7 Saturday #10
I studied political science and public policy in graduate school. kurtyboy Saturday #11
Ask Hezbollah how the line of succession went after Nasrallah Tarc Saturday #13
Well they killed the head of Figarosmom Saturday #14
I'm having trouble digging through a thick layer of obfuscation and vagueness Aussie105 23 hrs ago #15
Yup, nothing will change Karma13612 17 hrs ago #16
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