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DavidDvorkin

(20,493 posts) Tue Jan 6, 2026, 10:47 PM Tuesday

The protests in Iran

are spreading and intensifying, turning into a major uprising. The only news about it that I'm seeing is in the form of Twitter feeds from Iran.

A lot of those tweets are urging Trump to abide by his threats against the mullahs and intervene. Of course he'd rather posture and bluster. For that matter, I don't know what such an intervention would be and what results it would have -- possibly disastrous ones.

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He said he was "locked & loaded"!!! geojazz Tuesday #1

Quagmire. If there's an intervention. Lord know, No wars with trump! Lol MerryBlooms Tuesday #2

but only slightly less famous Tetrachloride Wednesday #3

It's not always easy to determine the right strategy on how to support protestors when they're clearly in the right fujiyamasan Wednesday #4

geojazz

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1. He said he was "locked & loaded"!!!

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Tue Jan 6, 2026, 10:54 PM

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MerryBlooms

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2. Quagmire. If there's an intervention. Lord know, No wars with trump! Lol

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Tue Jan 6, 2026, 10:59 PM

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Tetrachloride

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3. but only slightly less famous

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Wed Jan 7, 2026, 12:09 AM

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fujiyamasan

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4. It's not always easy to determine the right strategy on how to support protestors when they're clearly in the right

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Wed Jan 7, 2026, 02:10 AM

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The biggest problem with overtly supporting them is making them look like American stooges. I think this was the worry the Obama administration had in 2009 when there were massive protests. I think he regretted that the US was too passive in its support.

In the other hand, is bombing the country the right way to go? Almost definitely not. And I think there’s way too great a potential of it spiraling out of control, and having it backfire on the movement.

Iran needs a homegrown, organic movement that overthrows the ayatollah and his henchmen. So far, it sounds like what’s happening. I hope Khamenei is brought to justice (Mussolini style) before escaping to Russia. Their rulers are absolutely evil.

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