Correct that they are not so much fighting FOR the government who are defending them against the murdering sadistic foreign psychopaths who, after their cowardly Pearl Harbor style sneak attack conducted under the cover of "negotiations," slaughtered 168+ schoolgirls in a deliberate precision-guided triple-tap missile strike on Day 1.
They are fighting AGAINST that regime of American war criminals which they would be aware, because they are of higher mean IQ than Americans, has historically targeted civilians as when it carpet bombed North Korean civilian cities for 3 years and, according to an epidemiological study published in the Lancet in 2006 butchered up to nearly a million elderly, infants, children, women and other primarily civilian neighboring Iraqis between 2003 and 2006.
With a moniker like Pyrrhus, it’s difficult to take seriously your opinions on war. Case in point: “sneak attack”?!?!? Are you for real? Apparently you must get all your news from what’s considered “mainstream” media; how else to explain that you apparently MISSED the events of December 28 to January 8&9 and beyond! How? You missed the fact that the MASSIVE crowds protesting against the Islamic Republic in every city and town ( even the supposed Shiite capitol of Qom) and in all 31 provinces wrre literally pleading in unison for Bibi and Trump to come bomb the IRGC and the rest of the Islamic Republic. You haven’t seen even ONE video of Iranians in their homes or cars or on the streets, cheering on the Israeli and USAF jets as they obliterate regime targets? You didn’t see the family celebrating with shrieks of joy as the Ayatollah’s compound erupted in flames and explosions within just a few km, if that, from their home? You really are seriously deluded. In this internet streaming era, there really is no excuse for it. Start trying to find out what ACTUAL IRANIANS are saying, thinking and feeling. It’s available online. The only reason to hide from it is fear of the truth.
So ... if a foreign government got footage of your 'No Kings' protests, they'd be justified in decapitating DC? Is that what you are farting out of your little brain?
Yes I concur. I have seen corroborating info and videos on this. Even seen defection of entire police station cheering for the protestors. Protestors mass producing Molotov cocktails to ignite IRGC vehicles.
I have seen video of BLM and antifa rioting in the streets in support of the U.S. hero, George Floyd. They were setting buildings on fire. By your logic all Americans hated the Trump regime rather than collaborated with it. What a dumbass!
You well surpass your gratuitous assertion and you are more within the realm of Cluster B personality disorder with more than a scintilla of Projection
This is yet one of your most convoluted straw man arguments not mine Pal. Moreover, I would bet a very heavy wager your "HERO' was not even buried in yet another Jesuit dissolution operation with their much wanted signs, symbols and numbers purposely exhibited all over it. They even utilized Ukrainian agent provocateurs and known Jesuits coadjutor AL Sharpton conducting THE FAKE WAKE arrayed in assorted black and white clothing and decor (the opposing forces, The Yin + The Yang, The good and the bad, The two ways to get things done in the dissembling of the USA
Can’t wait for you to share with us all your collection of the piles of dead bodies of your “peaceful protestors” here in the USA ... ...on second thought, I CAN WAIT because THERE ARE NO SUCH IMAGES! If you think those two in MN sre in any way equivalent to the tens of thousands of young massacred Iranians, you are far more morally corrupt than I thought.
well that is not true. i have heard higher numbers, lately even higher, since they've been attacked. USA propaganda will always tell you that "the people" want to overthrow their government. always wrong
Think again. Recently watched the millions inundating the streets in many Iranian cities The IRGC due to defections within its ranks brought in Heabollah from Lebanon and Islamic Iraqi's to help in shooting the protestors who have been chanting jeering against The Islamic Republic Guardianianship. They were also told to go home via Prince REZA and US govt due to planned pervasive bombing.
Public Sentiment Toward the Islamic Republic and IRGC
1. Rejection of "Velayat-e Faqih" (Guardianship of the Jurist)
A significant and growing portion of the Iranian population, including Muslims, opposes the doctrine of Velayat-e Faqih, which grants supreme political and religious authority to the Supreme Leader. While official structures uphold this principle, independent surveys and analyses indicate widespread public rejection.
The Journal of Democracy notes that during the 2017–2018 and 2019 protests, demonstrators openly chanted “Death to Velayat-e Faqih,” signaling a full ideological rejection of the regime’s foundational principle.
A 2026 survey cited by Iran International found that two-thirds of Iranians oppose clerical rule, with 89% supporting democracy.
Intellectual and clerical critics, such as Abdolkarim Soroush and Mohsen Kadivar, have long challenged the legitimacy of clerical rule, arguing it contradicts both Islamic principles and popular sovereignty
2. Attitudes Toward the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)
Public sentiment toward the IRGC is complex but increasingly negative, especially among urban and younger populations. While the IRGC maintains power through coercion and ideological indoctrination, it is widely seen as a tool of repression and economic monopolization.
The Brookings Institution notes that any "romantic, idealized view of the Revolutionary Guard is virtually non-existent" among Iranians, with resentment growing due to its economic dominance and role in suppressing dissent.
The IRGC is deeply tied to the Supreme Leader and functions as an ideological enforcer. As noted by analysts, IRGC members are often described as "clerics in green uniforms," thoroughly indoctrinated in the doctrine of Velayat-e Faqih.
Despite speculation during the 2022–2023 protests, experts agree the IRGC remains loyal to the clerical establishment and is unlikely to stage a coup. However, its power is expected to grow in a post-Khamenei era, potentially overshadowing weaker clerical figures.
3. Overall Rejection of the Islamic Republic
The broader trend points to a deepening ideological crisis:
A 2026 survey found that while 43% are open to a strong leader, religious and military rule are decisively rejected—70% oppose military control, and two-thirds oppose clerical rule.
Only a savant could offer such an insightful reply coupled with proficiency and noticeable degree of intellectual discourse.
The 70% unfavorable view of Iran’s government and only 3% favorable opinion comes from the YouGov poll conducted for The Economist from January 30 to February 2, 2026.
This poll specifically measured American public sentiment toward the Iranian government and protesters, finding:
70% of Americans hold an unfavorable view of Iran’s government,
Only 3% express a favorable opinion,
48% side with Iranian protesters, versus 3% who side with the Iranian government.
48% of U.S. citizens side with Iranian protesters demanding democracy, while only 3% support the Iranian government (the "Mullahs"), according to a January 2026 YouGov poll.
Do you feel hypocritical justifying cooking their little girls on account of your perceived lack of support for their government when a sparse <30% support your murderous regime?
This John Leake post does not refer to the “Iranian people”; in fact, he even uses the U.S. military industrial complex-approved formulation of “Iranian regime.” You just would rather rage than read.
Think John Leake has been off kilter in several of his articles including his reference to john McCain who believe it or not was being cultivated, even while a prisoner in North Vietnam, by Jesuit agents in the grooming of him as one of the plethora of Jesuit coadjutors for future treachery against the USA to actively participate in its dissolution thus aiding and abetting those Jesuits who are all too active within as unregistered AGENTS here in the US. Do the research of McCains fellow prisoners suspicious of him in particular the No. Vietnamese giving him easy kid glove treatment . You could not be more off the mark with your gratuitous assertion because i use the method of operation used for thousands of years by a broad spectrum of professionals for proving a fact. Its called corroboration (a little here and a little there). I never use "fact checkers" acting in concert with State Media where it would be better suited calling it JESUIT MEDIA. I've noticed even several of the substack writers presenting their feelings as facts without much research behind their prose.
Not going to bother presenting a tome of materials. The following is more than insightful and gives most who watch it a very good perspective of the real dynamics of power not only in the USA but in the world.
And… We can “thank” BO for empowering Iran with the pallets of cash President that helped them along this path to world terror leader… Get behind our President and support what it takes to win this thing quickly and we won’t have to endure the whiners moaning about the “quagmire” brought on by anti American cowards dragging us down at every political turn.
I wonder if you felt such dogmatic concern about the Israeli’s who were horrifically premeditatively assaulted and murdered and enslaved and raped, including tiny babies makes me wonder how outraged you were about those war crimes naturally you will take anything that comes out of the Iranian government as truth good luck with that one
Even if 10/7 was not an obvious Mossad/IDF black op, what would that have to do with me opposing Trump's war crimes, Bill?
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"Gazans committed war crimes against Israelis. Therefore, we can triple-tap cook a school full of little girls to kick-off our war of aggression." Good thinking. 🙄
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FYI - The "tiny babies" is debunked Bibi bull shit and more Jews dies that day from the IDF's Hannibal Doctrine than by the hands of the gaggles of terrorists hang-gliding over the most secure border on earth.
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Actually, I get my news almost exclusively from Americans, Bill. For thorough geopolitical analysis, I highly recommend "Judging Freedom" with Judge Andrew Napolitano and his stable of top-notch analysts: Mcgregor, Wilkerson, Ritter, Johnson, Sachs, Mearsheimer, Blumenthal, Escobar, Maté, Hoh, Kwiatkowski, Freeman, Crooke, Doctorow, Diesen, Giraldi et al.
Phil, start your long, long venture to the land of intellectual reality!!! I know it must be a dark and scary path for you (and those with mass delusional, conspiracy obsessed Soros influenced devotees), but Jesus can lead you away from Mestopholes influence.
You choose to believe the dinky veracity of Gaza/plo news “authorities” says it all.
The world would be a much better place if the USA simply followed George Washington's sage wisdom: Befriend all nations, trade with all nations, eschew becoming entangled in foreign alliances and conflicts and do not seek monsters abroad to destroy.
"All we are saying is give minding your own bees wax a chance."
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You "think" that Trump, Witkoff, Kushner et al. are Bored of Peace for your benefit but you are tragically mistaken. Sad but true.
Sure embrace, love and trust your enemy. Doubt he actually stated that -I will accept written proof in his cursive. Was he not a leading General in our “Insurrection” ousting the overbearing Brits? Friends of all, come on. Sounds great in political talk, action not so much.
I let others love up on the Iranian death Mullahs.
Phil, start your long, long venture to the land of intellectual reality!!! I know it must be a dark and scary path for you (and those with mass delusional, conspiracy obsessed Soros influenced devotees), but Jesus can lead you away from Mestopholes influence.
You choose to believe the dinky veracity of Gaza/plo news “authorities” says it all.
They get lucky and knock out an F-15 with a left over missile and suddenly their defenses have ratcheted up to an astronomical increase in Iran’s ability to keep the U.S. somehow at bay? Rubbish… Even a blind squirrel … blah blah blah.
Send what it takes to kick their teeth in and give the country back to the people and be done with them…
Believe The F-35 "incident" was close to a week ago and landed basically intact. Have not seen any credible evidence it was shot down. It is a highlly technical air frame and anything could have went wrong. The F-15 and now allegedly an A-10 Warthog have been shot down. If correct not bad for only 2 shot down out of about 13,500 sorties which is only a 99.985% success rate.
During the 1978/79 Iranian revolution, Khuzestan was one of the main flashpoints, as well as it being the front line of the 1980s Iraq-Iran war. United States would have to be insane if they decide to enter Iran from this region, they will be shredded.
Again, one key aspect of this story is that apparently the Islamic Republic regime cannot locate the backseater from the Strike Eagle, and for that matter, they’ve made no mention of the 2nd F-15E crew. They did, however, offer to Iranians a “grand prize” for turning in the American airmen. Why would they have to do that? According to all the lefties, Iran has “united” behind the regime! REALLY! Apparently you lefties have forgotten all about 10’s of thousands of murdered Iranian youth in the streets of cities and towns in all 31 provinces. Do you really think the Iranians have forgotten? You must have forgotten about IRGC, Basij and Arab foreign mercenaries who stormed into hospitals, shot those with bullet wounds to death in their hospital beds, then raped and murdered the doctors and nurses who treated these grievously injured young people. Do you really think the parent and families of these victims of regime terror have forgotten all about these atrocities? Did you fail to hear that the regime did almost nothing to help families recover their murdered children and kin’s bodies? Grieving families were forced to search through hundreds of body bags to find their loved ones, and if they did, the regime would not release it until the family reimbursed the IRGC for the bullets used to murder them. You think these families would EVER forget that? I live 10’s of thousands of miles away, and I know I can’t ever forget what I’ve seen and heard since January 8th.
Lets see. The innocent Mullahs who just want to be good stewards of civic affairs for the rights and duties of its citizens wants nothing else but a reliable nuclear energy source and just happens to be developing it in deep fortified bunkers as shown below:
7 USA Presidents were in various talks and JCPOA talks since about 1989. Iran Having almost all of them focused, under many talks + JCPOA keep them in a trance talks , that all they were striving for was simple clean energy production and have them not look at what was obvious and glaring in the JCPOA magicians misdirect trick THE VAST UNDERGROUND CONCRETE LABYRINTH OF BUNKERS! WHY? Because they were building the material to assemble nuclear weapons for war what other reasons would you need HIDDEN massive bunkers for?. This was the the ultimate magicians misdirect where ONLy one President seen it and decided to act.
Did Israel declare Iran had no right to exist? NO It was Iran THAT SAID ISRAEL HAD NO RIGHT TO EXIST in 1979 and never rescinded it and formed Hamas, Hezbollah and Toutis paramilitary groups for the purpose of bringing murder and mayhem to Israel.
The other magicians misdirect was the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei "Fatwa"about 2003 that Shia Muslims would never use nukes. This is from a forthright Islamic Republic "Guardianship" who only stays in power via the Industrial killing of about 100,000 (probably another 32,000 killed recently according to 4 sources)) of its citizens, since 1979, not to mention 100,000 children tied together in groups of 20 as young as 9 (so they could not run away) on bicycles to ride across mine fields to clear the explosives for the military waking charging behind them in the Iran Iraq war (look it up). Moreover, the hanging of their Saleh Mohammadi, a 19-year-old champion wrestler and member of Iran’s team even though many around the world asking Iran not to hang him. Iran recently executed Amirhossein Hatami, an 18-year-talented guitarist on charges of "Moharebeh" (waging war against God) following his alleged participation in anti-regime protests. He was severely tortured, These are the same people who declare USA + Israel must first be destroyed in order for their 12th IMAM to return and they are to be trusted with nukes and promises of authentic negotiations?
President Trump is the only non vacillating leader who sees through the haze and acts especially after The International Atomic Energy Agency stated they wee getting close to being able to assemble about 10 warheads.
In 2020 Pickaxe Mountain (Kuh-e Kolang Gaz La): The surface footprint is 2.7 square kilometers (1 square mile), with tunnels extending deep into the granite mountain.
Natanz Nuclear Facility: Also covers 2.7 square kilometers (1 square mile), with underground halls housing thousands of centrifuges.
Khamenei’s Tehran Bunker: Includes a tunnel network stretching nearly 5 kilometers, with a central bunker 40–50 meters underground beneath a medical complex.
Abarkuh Underground Labyrinth: Covers 60,000 square meters (0.06 km²) of a historical town’s infrastructure.
Kish Underground City: Covers 14,500 square meters, though this is an ancient aqueduct system, not military.
Underground "Missile Cities": Described as a nationwide network spanning multiple provinces, with some facilities covering several square kilometers each.
The F-35 is a single pilot (and single engined) aircraft. The aircraft that was lost is likely an F-15 which has a pilot and a weapons system/navigator operator. The latter is often the senior officer.
Believe The F-35 "incident" was close to a week ago and landed basically intact. Have not seen any credible evidence it was shot down. It is a highlly technical air frame and anything could have went wrong. The F-15 and now allegedly an A-10 Warthog have been shot down. If correct not bad for only 2 shot down out of about 13,500 sorties which is only a 99.985% success rate.
Very interesting and an undeniable honor for your son and your family. Your dog behind the fence analogy is not only funny but underscores some of the futile IRGC methods of operation . You added to the perspective that their bunkers will second as bomb shelters for all those so called blessed by the Mullahs. Will peruse the Facebook CVN75 sector. Agree the IRG stock pile of desires, that would send them into a ecstatic frenzy, would be to deliver an ICBN.into the heart of the USA.
The Air Force has no interest in the A-10. The entire fleet including maintenance personnel should be transferred to the Marines. And another 150 should be built. The F-35 could be disabled with a single round in the sense that it would compromise its stealth properties. The F-35B is deployed on the Marine expeditionary vessels. It may be useful against other aircraft, but they can't get anywhere near a radar controlled 20mm cannon. Meaning ground support is not really an option. The A-10 has proven its robustness. It would seem to be an ideal purchase given the new priorities outlined by Hegseth last summer.
Is it not remarkable that this Quagmire of one month has resulted in the downing of ONE allied aircraft?
That says it all, right there.
By the way, what does the F35 lifetime operational expenditure have to do with the Iranian GDP? Is it a case of "big number" outsizes another, unrelated "big number"? Or, does it reflect the relative paucity of the nation's wealth and make for the starkness of such a poor country having wicked anti-aircraft and ballistic missile capabilities that make a first world military stand wayyy back? Why would a benign, poor nation have such capacity?
It's a shame that the brain-trusts in DC decided to invade Iraq over, you remember, the WMD scam. Because Iraq was the counterweight to Iran.
But, they decided to invade, and the Freedom of Information Act produced documents showing that the same brilliant brain-trust wanted to go to Tehran after destroying Iraq.
But alas, the troops got bogged down in Iraq, mainly due to road bombs and other groups engaging in the fight, so the plans to invade Iran never happened.
Just imagine if the same hair-brained trust had not invaded Iraq and lied about WMD?
How many lives would have been saved, and how much money would not have been printed? And, we would still have Iraq doing the heavy lifting over Iran.
These ignorant Neocons, for some incomprehensible reason, decided to pull the tent pins in the Middle East and collapse the whole structure that evolved over decades.
That's exactly what the founders of America said we should avoid. These are the brain-trusts in DC. Their combined IQs don't exceed 100.
It’s really disheartening being the bad guys. I can’t understand why American soldiers are following such morally corrupt and illegal orders to fight in an unprovoked war on behalf of Israel.
We know that the military is having difficulty and the soldiers are protesting, but that’s not the same as refusing to participate.
The first post shown on your substack page is eye opening. If actually True, Trump will lose my support. Surely though, all the little yellow text clips need to show detailed sources to enable full belief.
There was no declaration of war signed by Congress. Iran is not a threat to North America. Iran has attacked zero countries prior to this war and America’s list is encyclopedia worthy.
But the point is it was Jews that hijacked her immigration system and forced Weaponized Islamic migrants upon us, knowing it would be to our detriment. They brag about it.
Is it a conspiracy theory to believe they mean what they say?
Jewish author and Activist Barbara Spectre explains who and why at 40 seconds!
Wow, I don’t know who you referred to as her maybe OC and Pelosi were the people behind it. I would believe that but you sound extremely delusional and anti-Zionistic I really hope you get help you need a lot of of it.
Illegal ? Do you get your political legal knowledge from Jeffries and Booker may be AOC maybe you wanna sign up to be a freedom fighter to the mullahs? such a brain trust there
Who do you think hijacked our immigration system and flooded our countries with culturally incompatible, unskilled and highly Weaponized Islamic migrants?
I thought I read that Israel has already stated that they will not be sending troops to join the Americans ground forces. Netanyahu is shrewd: he is using America to fulfill his decades long dream of sending Iranians to their graves.
Isr**l just can't spare any of their soldiers. they're otherwise engaged in stealing land in Lebanon because the "Bible" said it was ok. i'm afraid it will be the Shabbos Goy who does the fighting and dying for Isr**l's criminal expansion.
We haven't found the plane yet either. We need to bomb it after the rescue. The Iranians are going to recover it and send it to Russia or China for the electronics. They probably already have an agreement with them for something like that.
The Iranian “people” are not fighting for the radical Muslim regime! Get your facts straight !!
Correct that they are not so much fighting FOR the government who are defending them against the murdering sadistic foreign psychopaths who, after their cowardly Pearl Harbor style sneak attack conducted under the cover of "negotiations," slaughtered 168+ schoolgirls in a deliberate precision-guided triple-tap missile strike on Day 1.
They are fighting AGAINST that regime of American war criminals which they would be aware, because they are of higher mean IQ than Americans, has historically targeted civilians as when it carpet bombed North Korean civilian cities for 3 years and, according to an epidemiological study published in the Lancet in 2006 butchered up to nearly a million elderly, infants, children, women and other primarily civilian neighboring Iraqis between 2003 and 2006.
Sad but true.
Ridiculous statement..show me a country which has been sneak attacked where the population didn't rally around the Government...There isn't one....
With a moniker like Pyrrhus, it’s difficult to take seriously your opinions on war. Case in point: “sneak attack”?!?!? Are you for real? Apparently you must get all your news from what’s considered “mainstream” media; how else to explain that you apparently MISSED the events of December 28 to January 8&9 and beyond! How? You missed the fact that the MASSIVE crowds protesting against the Islamic Republic in every city and town ( even the supposed Shiite capitol of Qom) and in all 31 provinces wrre literally pleading in unison for Bibi and Trump to come bomb the IRGC and the rest of the Islamic Republic. You haven’t seen even ONE video of Iranians in their homes or cars or on the streets, cheering on the Israeli and USAF jets as they obliterate regime targets? You didn’t see the family celebrating with shrieks of joy as the Ayatollah’s compound erupted in flames and explosions within just a few km, if that, from their home? You really are seriously deluded. In this internet streaming era, there really is no excuse for it. Start trying to find out what ACTUAL IRANIANS are saying, thinking and feeling. It’s available online. The only reason to hide from it is fear of the truth.
So ... if a foreign government got footage of your 'No Kings' protests, they'd be justified in decapitating DC? Is that what you are farting out of your little brain?
Yes I concur. I have seen corroborating info and videos on this. Even seen defection of entire police station cheering for the protestors. Protestors mass producing Molotov cocktails to ignite IRGC vehicles.
I have seen video of BLM and antifa rioting in the streets in support of the U.S. hero, George Floyd. They were setting buildings on fire. By your logic all Americans hated the Trump regime rather than collaborated with it. What a dumbass!
You well surpass your gratuitous assertion and you are more within the realm of Cluster B personality disorder with more than a scintilla of Projection
This is yet one of your most convoluted straw man arguments not mine Pal. Moreover, I would bet a very heavy wager your "HERO' was not even buried in yet another Jesuit dissolution operation with their much wanted signs, symbols and numbers purposely exhibited all over it. They even utilized Ukrainian agent provocateurs and known Jesuits coadjutor AL Sharpton conducting THE FAKE WAKE arrayed in assorted black and white clothing and decor (the opposing forces, The Yin + The Yang, The good and the bad, The two ways to get things done in the dissembling of the USA
Can’t wait for you to share with us all your collection of the piles of dead bodies of your “peaceful protestors” here in the USA ... ...on second thought, I CAN WAIT because THERE ARE NO SUCH IMAGES! If you think those two in MN sre in any way equivalent to the tens of thousands of young massacred Iranians, you are far more morally corrupt than I thought.
What's really terrible is that they didn't mandate mRNA shots over there and in fact didn't even use mRNA shots.
They are mRNA unijected.
What's great is that 81% in US of A got injected and the remainder got shed on and you're a spike protein factory.
ENJOY!
Your hero, not mine. I was simply using an analogy to expose your sophistry.
The very first casualty of any type of War is TRUTH!
Correct they despise The Islamic Revolutionary so called "Guardianship". Only about 5% support The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRGC).
well that is not true. i have heard higher numbers, lately even higher, since they've been attacked. USA propaganda will always tell you that "the people" want to overthrow their government. always wrong
Think again. Recently watched the millions inundating the streets in many Iranian cities The IRGC due to defections within its ranks brought in Heabollah from Lebanon and Islamic Iraqi's to help in shooting the protestors who have been chanting jeering against The Islamic Republic Guardianianship. They were also told to go home via Prince REZA and US govt due to planned pervasive bombing.
Public Sentiment Toward the Islamic Republic and IRGC
1. Rejection of "Velayat-e Faqih" (Guardianship of the Jurist)
A significant and growing portion of the Iranian population, including Muslims, opposes the doctrine of Velayat-e Faqih, which grants supreme political and religious authority to the Supreme Leader. While official structures uphold this principle, independent surveys and analyses indicate widespread public rejection.
The Journal of Democracy notes that during the 2017–2018 and 2019 protests, demonstrators openly chanted “Death to Velayat-e Faqih,” signaling a full ideological rejection of the regime’s foundational principle.
A 2026 survey cited by Iran International found that two-thirds of Iranians oppose clerical rule, with 89% supporting democracy.
Intellectual and clerical critics, such as Abdolkarim Soroush and Mohsen Kadivar, have long challenged the legitimacy of clerical rule, arguing it contradicts both Islamic principles and popular sovereignty
2. Attitudes Toward the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)
Public sentiment toward the IRGC is complex but increasingly negative, especially among urban and younger populations. While the IRGC maintains power through coercion and ideological indoctrination, it is widely seen as a tool of repression and economic monopolization.
The Brookings Institution notes that any "romantic, idealized view of the Revolutionary Guard is virtually non-existent" among Iranians, with resentment growing due to its economic dominance and role in suppressing dissent.
The IRGC is deeply tied to the Supreme Leader and functions as an ideological enforcer. As noted by analysts, IRGC members are often described as "clerics in green uniforms," thoroughly indoctrinated in the doctrine of Velayat-e Faqih.
Despite speculation during the 2022–2023 protests, experts agree the IRGC remains loyal to the clerical establishment and is unlikely to stage a coup. However, its power is expected to grow in a post-Khamenei era, potentially overshadowing weaker clerical figures.
3. Overall Rejection of the Islamic Republic
The broader trend points to a deepening ideological crisis:
A 2026 survey found that while 43% are open to a strong leader, religious and military rule are decisively rejected—70% oppose military control, and two-thirds oppose clerical rule.
Uhhh ... <30% of Americans support their murderous regime, Einstein.
Here's a plan: Try minding your own putrid bees wax, bud.
Only a savant could offer such an insightful reply coupled with proficiency and noticeable degree of intellectual discourse.
The 70% unfavorable view of Iran’s government and only 3% favorable opinion comes from the YouGov poll conducted for The Economist from January 30 to February 2, 2026.
This poll specifically measured American public sentiment toward the Iranian government and protesters, finding:
70% of Americans hold an unfavorable view of Iran’s government,
Only 3% express a favorable opinion,
48% side with Iranian protesters, versus 3% who side with the Iranian government.
48% of U.S. citizens side with Iranian protesters demanding democracy, while only 3% support the Iranian government (the "Mullahs"), according to a January 2026 YouGov poll.
Uhhh ... Americans don't get a vote in Iran, jj.
Iran is not there for you war-mongers to run so mind your own bee's wax.
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<30% of Americans approve of this American/Israeli aggressive war.
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"70% of Americans hold an unfavorable view of Iran’s government,"
Unbelievable! Has your hubris no bounds whatsoever?
Try to recall that the Iranian gov actually has controls and locks and keys,
of any and all internet services in Iran. 99% shut down! Info clouding!
The people of Iran cannot discern any reality except explosions and fire.
The same policy goes for just about all slaves and pawns in Gulf nations.
If you want to pray for something, Pray for truth to be new Rule #1!
I know what would easily solve this war in their country! It's quite simple, actually: The USA simply minding its own bees wax.
Source please.
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Do you feel hypocritical justifying cooking their little girls on account of your perceived lack of support for their government when a sparse <30% support your murderous regime?
If one has not visited Persia one should not speculate on Persian Pride.
This John Leake post does not refer to the “Iranian people”; in fact, he even uses the U.S. military industrial complex-approved formulation of “Iranian regime.” You just would rather rage than read.
boom
Think John Leake has been off kilter in several of his articles including his reference to john McCain who believe it or not was being cultivated, even while a prisoner in North Vietnam, by Jesuit agents in the grooming of him as one of the plethora of Jesuit coadjutors for future treachery against the USA to actively participate in its dissolution thus aiding and abetting those Jesuits who are all too active within as unregistered AGENTS here in the US. Do the research of McCains fellow prisoners suspicious of him in particular the No. Vietnamese giving him easy kid glove treatment . You could not be more off the mark with your gratuitous assertion because i use the method of operation used for thousands of years by a broad spectrum of professionals for proving a fact. Its called corroboration (a little here and a little there). I never use "fact checkers" acting in concert with State Media where it would be better suited calling it JESUIT MEDIA. I've noticed even several of the substack writers presenting their feelings as facts without much research behind their prose.
You seem to think your feelings are facts, snowflake.
Well you have already proven many times that IS YOUR methodology not mine. May i once again suggest projection?
A) If the Jesuits are leading America to ruin, why don't the much more powerful AIPAC shut them down?
B) If the American media is Jesuit ran, how come it's all owned by Larry Fink et al.?
C) Upon reflection, can we at least agree that it is FAR more complicated than your cartoon understanding of it?
Not going to bother presenting a tome of materials. The following is more than insightful and gives most who watch it a very good perspective of the real dynamics of power not only in the USA but in the world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CyDDlXL2V4.
A 3-hour video?!!! C'mon!
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Answer my questions three.
I was guessing you had neither the patience and stamina which should be viewed by at east every school age child in the USA. What question three?
And… We can “thank” BO for empowering Iran with the pallets of cash President that helped them along this path to world terror leader… Get behind our President and support what it takes to win this thing quickly and we won’t have to endure the whiners moaning about the “quagmire” brought on by anti American cowards dragging us down at every political turn.
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein
That accounts for Democrat voters.
Whoosh!
I can't possibly support Trump as I was raised to oppose war crimes.
I wonder if you felt such dogmatic concern about the Israeli’s who were horrifically premeditatively assaulted and murdered and enslaved and raped, including tiny babies makes me wonder how outraged you were about those war crimes naturally you will take anything that comes out of the Iranian government as truth good luck with that one
Even if 10/7 was not an obvious Mossad/IDF black op, what would that have to do with me opposing Trump's war crimes, Bill?
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"Gazans committed war crimes against Israelis. Therefore, we can triple-tap cook a school full of little girls to kick-off our war of aggression." Good thinking. 🙄
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FYI - The "tiny babies" is debunked Bibi bull shit and more Jews dies that day from the IDF's Hannibal Doctrine than by the hands of the gaggles of terrorists hang-gliding over the most secure border on earth.
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Actually, I get my news almost exclusively from Americans, Bill. For thorough geopolitical analysis, I highly recommend "Judging Freedom" with Judge Andrew Napolitano and his stable of top-notch analysts: Mcgregor, Wilkerson, Ritter, Johnson, Sachs, Mearsheimer, Blumenthal, Escobar, Maté, Hoh, Kwiatkowski, Freeman, Crooke, Doctorow, Diesen, Giraldi et al.
https://www.youtube.com/@judgingfreedom
Cheers!
Phil, start your long, long venture to the land of intellectual reality!!! I know it must be a dark and scary path for you (and those with mass delusional, conspiracy obsessed Soros influenced devotees), but Jesus can lead you away from Mestopholes influence.
You choose to believe the dinky veracity of Gaza/plo news “authorities” says it all.
The world would be a much better place if the USA simply followed George Washington's sage wisdom: Befriend all nations, trade with all nations, eschew becoming entangled in foreign alliances and conflicts and do not seek monsters abroad to destroy.
"All we are saying is give minding your own bees wax a chance."
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You "think" that Trump, Witkoff, Kushner et al. are Bored of Peace for your benefit but you are tragically mistaken. Sad but true.
Sure embrace, love and trust your enemy. Doubt he actually stated that -I will accept written proof in his cursive. Was he not a leading General in our “Insurrection” ousting the overbearing Brits? Friends of all, come on. Sounds great in political talk, action not so much.
I let others love up on the Iranian death Mullahs.
Phil, start your long, long venture to the land of intellectual reality!!! I know it must be a dark and scary path for you (and those with mass delusional, conspiracy obsessed Soros influenced devotees), but Jesus can lead you away from Mestopholes influence.
You choose to believe the dinky veracity of Gaza/plo news “authorities” says it all.
At least I know how to post comments.
Wow honey, aren’t you such a big boy now! That truly hurts, some moron, somewhere. 😭
They get lucky and knock out an F-15 with a left over missile and suddenly their defenses have ratcheted up to an astronomical increase in Iran’s ability to keep the U.S. somehow at bay? Rubbish… Even a blind squirrel … blah blah blah.
Send what it takes to kick their teeth in and give the country back to the people and be done with them…
Believe The F-35 "incident" was close to a week ago and landed basically intact. Have not seen any credible evidence it was shot down. It is a highlly technical air frame and anything could have went wrong. The F-15 and now allegedly an A-10 Warthog have been shot down. If correct not bad for only 2 shot down out of about 13,500 sorties which is only a 99.985% success rate.
This post sure is not aging well.
Good thinking.
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FYI - Iran is not trying to kill your servicemen. That would be so 20th century.
No. It is far worse than that. Iran is killing your fiat, world reserve currency petrodollar.
During the 1978/79 Iranian revolution, Khuzestan was one of the main flashpoints, as well as it being the front line of the 1980s Iraq-Iran war. United States would have to be insane if they decide to enter Iran from this region, they will be shredded.
There is no shortage of insanity.
Again, one key aspect of this story is that apparently the Islamic Republic regime cannot locate the backseater from the Strike Eagle, and for that matter, they’ve made no mention of the 2nd F-15E crew. They did, however, offer to Iranians a “grand prize” for turning in the American airmen. Why would they have to do that? According to all the lefties, Iran has “united” behind the regime! REALLY! Apparently you lefties have forgotten all about 10’s of thousands of murdered Iranian youth in the streets of cities and towns in all 31 provinces. Do you really think the Iranians have forgotten? You must have forgotten about IRGC, Basij and Arab foreign mercenaries who stormed into hospitals, shot those with bullet wounds to death in their hospital beds, then raped and murdered the doctors and nurses who treated these grievously injured young people. Do you really think the parent and families of these victims of regime terror have forgotten all about these atrocities? Did you fail to hear that the regime did almost nothing to help families recover their murdered children and kin’s bodies? Grieving families were forced to search through hundreds of body bags to find their loved ones, and if they did, the regime would not release it until the family reimbursed the IRGC for the bullets used to murder them. You think these families would EVER forget that? I live 10’s of thousands of miles away, and I know I can’t ever forget what I’ve seen and heard since January 8th.
You Right Oh The Mark. May I add:
Lets see. The innocent Mullahs who just want to be good stewards of civic affairs for the rights and duties of its citizens wants nothing else but a reliable nuclear energy source and just happens to be developing it in deep fortified bunkers as shown below:
7 USA Presidents were in various talks and JCPOA talks since about 1989. Iran Having almost all of them focused, under many talks + JCPOA keep them in a trance talks , that all they were striving for was simple clean energy production and have them not look at what was obvious and glaring in the JCPOA magicians misdirect trick THE VAST UNDERGROUND CONCRETE LABYRINTH OF BUNKERS! WHY? Because they were building the material to assemble nuclear weapons for war what other reasons would you need HIDDEN massive bunkers for?. This was the the ultimate magicians misdirect where ONLy one President seen it and decided to act.
Did Israel declare Iran had no right to exist? NO It was Iran THAT SAID ISRAEL HAD NO RIGHT TO EXIST in 1979 and never rescinded it and formed Hamas, Hezbollah and Toutis paramilitary groups for the purpose of bringing murder and mayhem to Israel.
The other magicians misdirect was the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei "Fatwa"about 2003 that Shia Muslims would never use nukes. This is from a forthright Islamic Republic "Guardianship" who only stays in power via the Industrial killing of about 100,000 (probably another 32,000 killed recently according to 4 sources)) of its citizens, since 1979, not to mention 100,000 children tied together in groups of 20 as young as 9 (so they could not run away) on bicycles to ride across mine fields to clear the explosives for the military waking charging behind them in the Iran Iraq war (look it up). Moreover, the hanging of their Saleh Mohammadi, a 19-year-old champion wrestler and member of Iran’s team even though many around the world asking Iran not to hang him. Iran recently executed Amirhossein Hatami, an 18-year-talented guitarist on charges of "Moharebeh" (waging war against God) following his alleged participation in anti-regime protests. He was severely tortured, These are the same people who declare USA + Israel must first be destroyed in order for their 12th IMAM to return and they are to be trusted with nukes and promises of authentic negotiations?
President Trump is the only non vacillating leader who sees through the haze and acts especially after The International Atomic Energy Agency stated they wee getting close to being able to assemble about 10 warheads.
In 2020 Pickaxe Mountain (Kuh-e Kolang Gaz La): The surface footprint is 2.7 square kilometers (1 square mile), with tunnels extending deep into the granite mountain.
Natanz Nuclear Facility: Also covers 2.7 square kilometers (1 square mile), with underground halls housing thousands of centrifuges.
Khamenei’s Tehran Bunker: Includes a tunnel network stretching nearly 5 kilometers, with a central bunker 40–50 meters underground beneath a medical complex.
Abarkuh Underground Labyrinth: Covers 60,000 square meters (0.06 km²) of a historical town’s infrastructure.
Kish Underground City: Covers 14,500 square meters, though this is an ancient aqueduct system, not military.
Underground "Missile Cities": Described as a nationwide network spanning multiple provinces, with some facilities covering several square kilometers each.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmWG4mQH_xg
Don't trust Fox but some of Iranian focused Tousi Tv has been shown on the fake right Murdoch channel
Why no trust in Fox?
The F-35 is a single pilot (and single engined) aircraft. The aircraft that was lost is likely an F-15 which has a pilot and a weapons system/navigator operator. The latter is often the senior officer.
Yep, that’s what I read. F-15. 2 seats.
Believe The F-35 "incident" was close to a week ago and landed basically intact. Have not seen any credible evidence it was shot down. It is a highlly technical air frame and anything could have went wrong. The F-15 and now allegedly an A-10 Warthog have been shot down. If correct not bad for only 2 shot down out of about 13,500 sorties which is only a 99.985% success rate.
https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/2263503/harry-s-truman-csg-launches-first-oir-missions/
My youngest son was onboard CVN75 Trumann for 2 9 month tours in the Persian gulf. It had a record 2500 sorties on one of them.
The CVN75 was constantly harassed by Iranian speed boats with 50 cal deck guns and drones taking pictures while simply hovering above it.
Like a dog behind the fence that runs to the fence limit while barking then,
returns to the back yard satisfied he did his protection duty.
The silly ass drone intel was stupid. You can find out more all about CVN75 by going online to it's Facebook pages the ombudsmen place for families.
The CVN75 even docked at Dubai and Bahrain to allow onshore liberty.
I walked the flight deck and below decks in a Norfolk docking event.
He is in our families naval history book now as served on an aircraft carrier.
A nuke powered 13 billion dollar high tech American muscle item.
The kind of thing that a war dept. does not "Fool around and find out" with.
If you thought that Iran would not shoot off a newly developed ICBM at the USA then you were not listening very well to the IRG stock pile desires.
The mountain bunkers are escape civil defense living of ICBM exchanges.
Not for the citizens of Tehran but for the upper echelons groups.
They are cannon fodder collateral damage for news printings and TV.
Very interesting and an undeniable honor for your son and your family. Your dog behind the fence analogy is not only funny but underscores some of the futile IRGC methods of operation . You added to the perspective that their bunkers will second as bomb shelters for all those so called blessed by the Mullahs. Will peruse the Facebook CVN75 sector. Agree the IRG stock pile of desires, that would send them into a ecstatic frenzy, would be to deliver an ICBN.into the heart of the USA.
An ICBM direct hit on US is the future prayer mandate.
Just a sinking of one aircraft carrier (It's on the list of IRG lunchroom wall)
will grant you 72 Arabic vestal virgins....all Prize winning Foxy contestants.
and a spot in the tunnels with Ac and .Net high speed internet.
And your name on a wall that is still standing somewhere.
Ahhhh....perhaps not for very long.
I also heard an A-10 Warthog crashed in Persian Gulf today and Pilots are rescued, but it’s the Navigator that is unaccounted for from the F-15. 🙏🏻🇺🇸
Yes I read similar accounts.
The Air Force has no interest in the A-10. The entire fleet including maintenance personnel should be transferred to the Marines. And another 150 should be built. The F-35 could be disabled with a single round in the sense that it would compromise its stealth properties. The F-35B is deployed on the Marine expeditionary vessels. It may be useful against other aircraft, but they can't get anywhere near a radar controlled 20mm cannon. Meaning ground support is not really an option. The A-10 has proven its robustness. It would seem to be an ideal purchase given the new priorities outlined by Hegseth last summer.
Advisable to forego the AI for war tactics.
Is it not remarkable that this Quagmire of one month has resulted in the downing of ONE allied aircraft?
That says it all, right there.
By the way, what does the F35 lifetime operational expenditure have to do with the Iranian GDP? Is it a case of "big number" outsizes another, unrelated "big number"? Or, does it reflect the relative paucity of the nation's wealth and make for the starkness of such a poor country having wicked anti-aircraft and ballistic missile capabilities that make a first world military stand wayyy back? Why would a benign, poor nation have such capacity?
It's a shame that the brain-trusts in DC decided to invade Iraq over, you remember, the WMD scam. Because Iraq was the counterweight to Iran.
But, they decided to invade, and the Freedom of Information Act produced documents showing that the same brilliant brain-trust wanted to go to Tehran after destroying Iraq.
But alas, the troops got bogged down in Iraq, mainly due to road bombs and other groups engaging in the fight, so the plans to invade Iran never happened.
Just imagine if the same hair-brained trust had not invaded Iraq and lied about WMD?
How many lives would have been saved, and how much money would not have been printed? And, we would still have Iraq doing the heavy lifting over Iran.
These ignorant Neocons, for some incomprehensible reason, decided to pull the tent pins in the Middle East and collapse the whole structure that evolved over decades.
That's exactly what the founders of America said we should avoid. These are the brain-trusts in DC. Their combined IQs don't exceed 100.
It’s really disheartening being the bad guys. I can’t understand why American soldiers are following such morally corrupt and illegal orders to fight in an unprovoked war on behalf of Israel.
We know that the military is having difficulty and the soldiers are protesting, but that’s not the same as refusing to participate.
The first post shown on your substack page is eye opening. If actually True, Trump will lose my support. Surely though, all the little yellow text clips need to show detailed sources to enable full belief.
one word: Provenance.
Your bosom buddies diddling Joe, instigated and guided by his Rasputin puppeteer, Barry, whatever his last name really is now.
Illegal orders, your infidel Kelly and his zero anti heroes could not name one. Apparently they should have consulted the Jason legal brain trust !
Illegal war, false flag belief of the kool aid gang. Drink up my matey!
There was no declaration of war signed by Congress. Iran is not a threat to North America. Iran has attacked zero countries prior to this war and America’s list is encyclopedia worthy.
But the point is it was Jews that hijacked her immigration system and forced Weaponized Islamic migrants upon us, knowing it would be to our detriment. They brag about it.
Is it a conspiracy theory to believe they mean what they say?
Jewish author and Activist Barbara Spectre explains who and why at 40 seconds!
https://youtu.be/G45WthPTo24?si=gJ9nCGPo50_9TmJ0
Wow, I don’t know who you referred to as her maybe OC and Pelosi were the people behind it. I would believe that but you sound extremely delusional and anti-Zionistic I really hope you get help you need a lot of of it.
Illegal ? Do you get your political legal knowledge from Jeffries and Booker may be AOC maybe you wanna sign up to be a freedom fighter to the mullahs? such a brain trust there
That was the only word you could pick on in my entire post?
Send your kids to die for Israel if you believe it’s just cause.
#operationepsteinfury
I send you as chicken fodder. Sign up for your beloved Mullah Antifa army. They will love your naive whiteness.
Who do you think hijacked our immigration system and flooded our countries with culturally incompatible, unskilled and highly Weaponized Islamic migrants?
- whatever his chosen family name might be
I thought I read that Israel has already stated that they will not be sending troops to join the Americans ground forces. Netanyahu is shrewd: he is using America to fulfill his decades long dream of sending Iranians to their graves.
excellent piece John
McCain was filth.
https://www.unz.com/article/mccain-and-the-pow-cover-up/
Isr**l just can't spare any of their soldiers. they're otherwise engaged in stealing land in Lebanon because the "Bible" said it was ok. i'm afraid it will be the Shabbos Goy who does the fighting and dying for Isr**l's criminal expansion.
Well, you outed yourself...
We haven't found the plane yet either. We need to bomb it after the rescue. The Iranians are going to recover it and send it to Russia or China for the electronics. They probably already have an agreement with them for something like that.
More worthless commentary from someone who knows nothing.
I haven't seen or heard a word about Putin committing war crimes against Ukrainians.
It would be better if you just keep away from your keyboard; your credibility is fading fast.
Thanks to God the 2nd soldier was rescued from that downed F-15 fighter jet.