AbdusSibtayn

The disgusting apostate rioters (no, these are not wahhabis) have burnt down the shrine of Imamzadeh Muhammad ibn Musa (عليه السلام), known locally as Shah 'Sabz-e-Qaba' (The One of the Green Mantle) - the son of Imam al-Kadhim (عليه السلام) and the brother of Imam al-Rida (عليه السلام) and Sayyida Masumah (sa)- located in Dizful, Khuzistan province. May Allah burn their hands in this world and the next.

I was talking hypothetically; 'in case' that happens.

Wa alaykas salam sheikh, This is exactly word for word what Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Bashir Husain Najafi (ha) told Ayatollah Arafi (ha), the administrative head of the Qom hawza, during his visit to Najaf, - that the collapse of the IRI is going to be a catastrophe and an effective death sentence for the Shi'a everywhere from North Africa to Indonesia. No matter whether we agree with the IRI politically or not, whether we accept Wilayat al-Faqih al-Mutlaqa theologically, this is the time to set all differences aside. The pious mu'min Iranian brothers and sisters who want to live and die by the law of Allah are united with us through the umbilical tie of 'Aliyyun Waliullah'. This is reason enough. They are my brothers-in-iman and I am willing to defend them with life, limb and wealth. I am also praying for the safety and victory of the Iranian brothers after every wajib prayer.

Internet represents the viewpoint of whoever controls it. Yesterday itself Twitter officially changed the Islamic flag of Iran to monarchist one. The very MSM which takes Israeli hasbara for gospel truth has not even bothered to look at the IRI's side of things. Tell me that the way to fix the economic crisis is by- 1. Burning mosques, Hussainiyahs and madrasas. 2. Burning buses, metros and public transport infrastructure. 3. Burning supermarkets, hospitals and pharmacies with vital supplies. 4. Burning police officers alive. 5. Shooting dead toddlers and young mothers of toddlers. 6. Setting shops ablaze, which in most cases are run by poor families and are their only source of livelihood. I have sources for all of these yet you wont see it anywhere in the MSM. It was only after they started shooting toddlers and innocent civilians that the chief of security staff said that anyone seen using a firearm or lethal weapon will be first asked to drop it, and if they don't comply, they'll be gunned down. The day before yesterday itself they shot down a three year old girl child and a nurse who was the mother of a toddler. And they reported it as 'the regime is shooting down protestors'.

Not at all. If anything the security personnel are showing restraint and not using force- much less discharging firearms- unless force is used from the other side. However, snipers and armored vehicles with machine guns have been deployed after the fifth columnist terrorists have begun using firearms themselves and trying to storm police and military buildings. I have video evidence, and will be happy to share it privately, but not here, in order to prevent baiting from trolls and bots.

Protect the protestors from arsonist, murderer terrorist thugs on foreign payroll. P.S.- Don't come sealioning. The ensuing conversation won't be a pleasant one.

Nice try, but do better. Try to sound more convincing.

There are actually peaceful protests happening under police protection in many towns, because otherwise the rioters come and attack even the peaceful protests, and the security personnel protecting them. There was a peaceful protest in Kermanshah where the protestors were handing out sweets and flowers to police staff, and then rioters came and gave them death threats. I've seen the videos myself. While I fully sympathize with support the people's right to protest the economic mismanagement of the country, these terrorists and Mossad/CIA handled traitors in the guise of protestors deserve no mercy.

BREAKING!!!! As per alarming incoming reports, the Iranian town of Barandaz Gohbokhor (click on the link for source) has fallen to the rioters! Media reports this as the beginning of a regime change! (See verified image of the town's takeover attached below!!) The Clown Crown Prince-in-exile, Reza Pahalavi, announced the formation of his new cabinet over Instagram group chat; he later went live to address the nation, but had to end his stream abruptly when people began to flood the live comments section with 'your wife's yoga trainer!' President Donald Trump, when asked for his reaction, said 'Yes, I like it...I really do! Looks like prime free real estate!!!!!!!', with a serious expression. Arawsh (yes, he insists it be pronounced this way) Khabeesi, Iranian-American CEO of the crypto firm 'Takesmoney', and dissident leader, told BBC and CNN in an interview that they will level the Tahrir Square in Tehran and build a Holcocaust Memorial in its place, with a special 'IDF Martyrs' Wailing Wall', and also a Trump Tower. Stay tuned for more exciting news!!!!

By 'aligned' I don't mean that they are in an electoral alliance or that one is subsidiary to the other. I mean that on foreign policy, and a substantial portion of the domestic policy, their views are the same as the party line of the Democrats. Just consider how many DSA and establishmentarian academic 'progressives' are now Democrat frontrunners and have rubberstamped all their decisions from grants-in-aid and weapons shipment to the Jewish settler-colony, to manufacturing consent for wars. There is a noteworthy pattern here. Not denying that there may be exceptions. I agree that ultimately the left and the right both have the same thing to offer the Muslims (especially us Shia)- the right through outright violence and aggression, and the left through brainwashing and deracination.

You are welcome. I don't hold a very positive view of the American Left in general, particularly those aligned with the Democrat Party (like Sanders, Tlaib, Omar and Mamdani). I view them as controlled opposition and court jesters of the empire, who pretend to oppose an expansionist foreign policy but swing themselves around to supporting each war (Mamdani, despicably enough, helped manufacture consent for the recent invasion of Venezuela). I don't have any sympathy for them and don't think they are functionally any different from the evangelical/neoconservative hawks. However, this is certainly not the case with conscientious leftists like Michael Parenti, who are genuinely principled anti imperialists, and I have nothing but admiration for them.

I don't understand/know for certain either, but I can guess- 1. It might be one his maniacal decisions. Also, USA has a history of dumping its dirty jobs doers for a variety of reasons (Osama, Saddam, Mubarak, Zia ul Haq, likely Zelensky and Jolani in recent history). Machado might have been found to be a bad fit for some reason, and therefore dumped. 2. Even being a stooge requires a degree of ability. The very reason why a stooge is selected is so that the imperial overlord is spared the trouble and the expense of occupying, holding and governing the vassal state. Machado is just a sycophantic shill, a paid agit-prop operative with no proven ability to govern the country, much less hold it together and to stop it from sinking into civil war (unnecessary headache for the empire). Trump's cohorts, who are actually intelligent beings, might have sensed this and asked him to set her aside.

I stand corrected on at least two counts- 1. The surviving leadership in Venezuela, and the president of Cuba (at least) have vowed to resist. In case Trump decides to put boots on ground, it is not going to be an easy victory for him. The anti-imperialist project in Latin America is not completely over yet. 2. Machado is unlikely to be coronated anytime soon- that possibility has been ruled out by Trump himself. What they could instead do is bringing a section of the army to pull a Pinochet style coup. I'm not saying that this is likely- it is merely possible.

If one looks at the facts of the matter, it is clear that Depraved Dump is bluffing. I believe his underlings like Rubio and Hegseth have a more sober view of the situation. Controlling Venezuela and exploiting its oil wealth is a project which is going to take several years and billions of dollars going even by the most conservative estimates. Venezuela is not the Iraq of 2003 or the Libya of 2011.