What the future would hold if Iran's Mullahs would not be stoped? After 47 years of medieval Islamic tyranny, Iranians got a chance for a democracy they had 100 years ago thanks to president Trump.
Sorry, I'm getting very confused here about this "chance for a democracy"...
The Shah's son is pushing hard to re-install his line, the one toppled in 1979 when the Shah was dearly loved by his people. As we know, those horrible religious zealots came in and hypnotized everyone at just the right time. So naturally, his son Reza Pahlavi is seeming to expect now to just waltz in. He won't need no help from no one.
As I understand it, the Iranians were tricked to forget the Shah had been benevolently installed by the US in 1953, after the US recognized that the Iranians made a bad choice for the Iranians' welfare by democratically electing Mossadegh, and so had to be properly trained. But those Iranians were like rebellious teens, and so, year after year, the Shah had to expand his secret police SAVAK to keep beating them harder and harder until, you know, morale improved. By 1979, their hard work had paid off: The Iranians were finally living in bliss under the Shah. The only hope the dastardly mullahs had was to use sorcery to divert the stupid Iranians, as they will believe what anyone with a bullhorn tells them, and so they did. (I vaguely sense there's some kinds of inconsistencies and ambiguities here, but, well... I'm just gonna ignore it.)
So my question is this: Being as foolishness, stupidity, and moral weakness is part of the Iranian character (which is precisely why they keep fucking up, after all) how do you suppose they will make the right election choices now in this new-and-improved "chance for a democracy"? Should they instead just follow Trump's orders and take whoever he, in his benevolent wisdom, simply chooses for them? He sure seems to think this himself. I mean, the Shah's son is SO available! They could then formally rename their country something like "The People's Democratic-Like-Totally-Man Persian Republic of His Royal Highness by the Grace of God's Gifts to the World, the United States and Israel" But I'm no genius, like Trump, and so I'm just trying to keep up with him. Could you help?
You guys are so easily swayed by Neocon propaganda. Every single war, you guys take the bait. Most of our 37.5 trillion in debt is from Neocon wars. Endless, worthless, and unwinnable wars instigated by sociopathic Neocons.
Stop blaiming military spending, you ignore the 37.5 trillion is not due to military but socialists welfare program, plus vaccines making America the sickest people on the globe. and the treatements for those goes in to trilions. Your thoughts are that of a leftwing neocon
Dude, really? Go add to the cost of wars over the decades. Nothing comes close to the cost of military spending. The Vietnam War broke the Brendan Woods agreement. That's when the US had to go off the gold standard. The inflation of the 70s was caused by Vietnam. Nations go broke because of war, period. Wars never produce a economic benefit.
Greek historian Herodotus perhaps came down with XDS - Xerxes Derangement Syndrome.
From a query...
"There is no evidence or indication in Herodotus’s writings or historical records that he personally encountered Xerxes I. Herodotus, a Greek historian from Halicarnassus (in modern-day Turkey), lived during the 5th century BCE and wrote The Histories decades after Xerxes’s reign (who ruled from 485 to 465 BCE). While Herodotus traveled extensively through the Persian Empire and gathered information from various sources—including Persian officials, soldiers, and local informants—he never claims to have met Xerxes. His account of Xerxes is based on secondhand reports, oral traditions, and his own observations during his travels, particularly in regions like Egypt and the Aegean."
John you definitely have your mind made up on certain issues. I can respect your resolve in issues you have studied closely while at the same time disagreeing with your take on this war. Just like when most of the people were saying "Why is Trump using these tariffs? This is going to be a disaster." My counterpoint was "Stop being hysterical. Can't we just wait and see how all this shakes out? Jeesh."
The Iranian conflict is quite complex and there are many reasons why it's a good idea while it will likely cause short term pain.
At what point will you be willing to say it has transitioned to long term pain? Iran holds the TRUMP card, and Trump and the neocons and the “Christian” Zionists are desperate.
“Be the first one on your block to bring your boy home in a box.”
What exactly is long term in your world? 20 years in Iraq and Afghanistan is long term. How many weeks has it been so far? I hate Lindsay Graham and the John Boltons of this world but there are some battles worth fighting. We can agree to disagree. And using the word Zionist is getting very tiresome and it undermines your argument to throw that in the mix. I am a Zionist in the sense that the Jewish people are entitled to a land they call their own. I will disagree with their leaders and supporters if they expand and try to take over the Middle East. Btw their ancestral land promised to them by YHWH includes parts of Iraq, Jordan, etc.
Please take a look at Promethean Action (prometheanaction.com) -- these folks are presenting a very different narrative than we're seeing in the media (both left and right) -- in which Trump is trying to re-instate the American system (of physical economics) instead of the British system, which has remained intact though covert for the past 300 years. Thus the emphasis on sovereign states working in their own interest rather than the world order set in place after WWII; not enacting (neocon-preferred) regime change in Venezuela or Iran but letting their own people choose their leaders. US insuring of shipping in the Straits of Hormuz to get around Lloyd's etc. withdrawal (these insurers and re-insurers are part of the British system of control).
Being anold timer-the Suez War of 1956 was one of my first introductions to my distain for war and my interest in political science which I ended up gettting a college degree in. I can remember standing up in my school auditorium arguing against war. We can't forget either that by the mid 1950's the U.S. already had personnel on the ground in VietNam because at the time Viet Nam had one of the largest off shore supplies of oil in the world. Anti-Viet Nam War took up a good part of my University experience in the mid to late 60's. I truly appreciate your vision, John.
A British friend of mine still blames me for "Suez" because "America chickened out" and I am American. (I was nine years old at the time!)
Chickening out is not the worst thing you can do when the new decision you can make is the intelligent one. (As Eisenhower saw.)
The Iran war needs to be stopped right now. Surely patriotic Republicans see that. Here are my suggestions for impeaching Trump for his blatantly stupid decision to attack Iran:
I am really not interested in John Leak's opinion. Trump is right we must free the Iranian people and rid ourselves of the militant Islamic regime who is continuing causing trouble. They hate Israel and America.
John, once again insightyful, however there is one major difference now vs '56: every sane person knew trump would assault Iran: you dont have 6 months of massive military build up for all to see and then sit on your heels. They are all complist, France, Germany, Spain, England, italy et al: not one of them seriously threatened Trump if he invaded. Remember US FRies when France would not support Dubwa's idiotic Iraq fraud...Those opposed were yelling from the roof tops.
Not this time...I suspect, as usual the utter fear of Holocaust blackmail, which now need to come to swift end. The Zionists and Trump for that matter, are Terrorists, plain and simple, by any deinition of the term, slaughtering indiscriminately and on fraudulent motives, for political ends is Terrorism. They will be held acountable one day...
casus belli? Iran hostage crisis, 1983 US embassy bombing in Beirut, 1983 Marine barracks bombing in Beirut, torture and death of William Buckley, TWA 847 hijacking, 1996 Khobar towers bombing, 1998 US embassy bombing in East Africa...
At least Persia won at Thermopylae and claimed the life of Leonidas, albeit followed by final defeat and retreat from Greece not long after. I don’t see the U.S. winning even that much, unless the schoolgirls of Minab are our 300 Spartans.
Well, you certainly read a lot of ''history'' -- whether accurate or not -- but unfortunately your information is suspiciously very thin in the current situation that you presume to compare to Suez etc...
For 1) the Gulf states are now pressuring to finish neutralizing the Iranian extortionist...
and 2) the Artesh [Iranan Army/Navy/Air] are angry at the IRGC b/c the IRGC is withholding decent medical supplies and services compared to what IRGC has...
and 3) Trump obliterated the military assets on Kharg Island, leaving the massive Iranian OIL OPERATION exposed for leverage in case ''somebody'' decides to try to keep the rest of the world's oil from reaching their intended destinations via Hormuz... The Epoch Times even looks at the type of operation involved in SEIZING IT....
No. It’s not.
You’re trying too hard. This is sad.
I do hope when Trump wraps this up that you thank the good Dr. McCullogh for lending his platform to you, and return from whence you came.
What the future would hold if Iran's Mullahs would not be stoped? After 47 years of medieval Islamic tyranny, Iranians got a chance for a democracy they had 100 years ago thanks to president Trump.
Sorry, I'm getting very confused here about this "chance for a democracy"...
The Shah's son is pushing hard to re-install his line, the one toppled in 1979 when the Shah was dearly loved by his people. As we know, those horrible religious zealots came in and hypnotized everyone at just the right time. So naturally, his son Reza Pahlavi is seeming to expect now to just waltz in. He won't need no help from no one.
As I understand it, the Iranians were tricked to forget the Shah had been benevolently installed by the US in 1953, after the US recognized that the Iranians made a bad choice for the Iranians' welfare by democratically electing Mossadegh, and so had to be properly trained. But those Iranians were like rebellious teens, and so, year after year, the Shah had to expand his secret police SAVAK to keep beating them harder and harder until, you know, morale improved. By 1979, their hard work had paid off: The Iranians were finally living in bliss under the Shah. The only hope the dastardly mullahs had was to use sorcery to divert the stupid Iranians, as they will believe what anyone with a bullhorn tells them, and so they did. (I vaguely sense there's some kinds of inconsistencies and ambiguities here, but, well... I'm just gonna ignore it.)
So my question is this: Being as foolishness, stupidity, and moral weakness is part of the Iranian character (which is precisely why they keep fucking up, after all) how do you suppose they will make the right election choices now in this new-and-improved "chance for a democracy"? Should they instead just follow Trump's orders and take whoever he, in his benevolent wisdom, simply chooses for them? He sure seems to think this himself. I mean, the Shah's son is SO available! They could then formally rename their country something like "The People's Democratic-Like-Totally-Man Persian Republic of His Royal Highness by the Grace of God's Gifts to the World, the United States and Israel" But I'm no genius, like Trump, and so I'm just trying to keep up with him. Could you help?
You guys are so easily swayed by Neocon propaganda. Every single war, you guys take the bait. Most of our 37.5 trillion in debt is from Neocon wars. Endless, worthless, and unwinnable wars instigated by sociopathic Neocons.
So why are Kristol and Bolton opposed to Trump’s SMO? Explain, please.
I don't know, ask them.
What a dick. You’ll never be worthy of the Donald.
Stop blaiming military spending, you ignore the 37.5 trillion is not due to military but socialists welfare program, plus vaccines making America the sickest people on the globe. and the treatements for those goes in to trilions. Your thoughts are that of a leftwing neocon
Dude, really? Go add to the cost of wars over the decades. Nothing comes close to the cost of military spending. The Vietnam War broke the Brendan Woods agreement. That's when the US had to go off the gold standard. The inflation of the 70s was caused by Vietnam. Nations go broke because of war, period. Wars never produce a economic benefit.
It's called Bretton Woods.
Vietnam war was stupid but Iran, if nothing is done not just USA but other countries would be in deep trouble. Medieval savages needed to be removed
Only fucking radical left woke democrats do not get it. Hate this virus called democrat party, worse than the communists I grew up under.
Who was Brendan Woods? Sounds like he must have been a very important dude!
Greek historian Herodotus perhaps came down with XDS - Xerxes Derangement Syndrome.
From a query...
"There is no evidence or indication in Herodotus’s writings or historical records that he personally encountered Xerxes I. Herodotus, a Greek historian from Halicarnassus (in modern-day Turkey), lived during the 5th century BCE and wrote The Histories decades after Xerxes’s reign (who ruled from 485 to 465 BCE). While Herodotus traveled extensively through the Persian Empire and gathered information from various sources—including Persian officials, soldiers, and local informants—he never claims to have met Xerxes. His account of Xerxes is based on secondhand reports, oral traditions, and his own observations during his travels, particularly in regions like Egypt and the Aegean."
Keep posting John. You are a wealth of information.
Great analogy John. Love your applications of history.
How do I continue to get the articles by the actual doctors and stop getting the conspiratorial slop that John should’ve tweeted instead?
You remove yourself from John's Stack. Goodbye.
How? I like Dr. McCullough and Nicholas Hulscher and John is connected.
Uh, let’s review just this much…. Stop reading and commenting on Leake’s posts…
This is John's personal Stack. Mccullough has his own.
John you definitely have your mind made up on certain issues. I can respect your resolve in issues you have studied closely while at the same time disagreeing with your take on this war. Just like when most of the people were saying "Why is Trump using these tariffs? This is going to be a disaster." My counterpoint was "Stop being hysterical. Can't we just wait and see how all this shakes out? Jeesh."
The Iranian conflict is quite complex and there are many reasons why it's a good idea while it will likely cause short term pain.
At what point will you be willing to say it has transitioned to long term pain? Iran holds the TRUMP card, and Trump and the neocons and the “Christian” Zionists are desperate.
“Be the first one on your block to bring your boy home in a box.”
What exactly is long term in your world? 20 years in Iraq and Afghanistan is long term. How many weeks has it been so far? I hate Lindsay Graham and the John Boltons of this world but there are some battles worth fighting. We can agree to disagree. And using the word Zionist is getting very tiresome and it undermines your argument to throw that in the mix. I am a Zionist in the sense that the Jewish people are entitled to a land they call their own. I will disagree with their leaders and supporters if they expand and try to take over the Middle East. Btw their ancestral land promised to them by YHWH includes parts of Iraq, Jordan, etc.
No, Zionists are not entitled to steal land from others. No matter what the crazy religious cults claim.
The battle you think you’re fighting is one attempting to normalize theft and genocide.
A war of aggression (which this war is) is a war crime. Anyone supporting this war is complicit in war crimes.
Iran has been engaged in a war of aggression ever since the Ayatollahs took over.
Not just Bulldust.
Bullshit.
Please take a look at Promethean Action (prometheanaction.com) -- these folks are presenting a very different narrative than we're seeing in the media (both left and right) -- in which Trump is trying to re-instate the American system (of physical economics) instead of the British system, which has remained intact though covert for the past 300 years. Thus the emphasis on sovereign states working in their own interest rather than the world order set in place after WWII; not enacting (neocon-preferred) regime change in Venezuela or Iran but letting their own people choose their leaders. US insuring of shipping in the Straits of Hormuz to get around Lloyd's etc. withdrawal (these insurers and re-insurers are part of the British system of control).
Delusional Bulldust.
Being anold timer-the Suez War of 1956 was one of my first introductions to my distain for war and my interest in political science which I ended up gettting a college degree in. I can remember standing up in my school auditorium arguing against war. We can't forget either that by the mid 1950's the U.S. already had personnel on the ground in VietNam because at the time Viet Nam had one of the largest off shore supplies of oil in the world. Anti-Viet Nam War took up a good part of my University experience in the mid to late 60's. I truly appreciate your vision, John.
Strait of Hormuz, Strait to Hell, The Parasitic War Machine
https://thesilverindustry.substack.com/p/silver-the-war-economys-kryptonite?r=hhrfj&utm_medium=ios
Trump just effortlessly proved that NATO is worthless. The British Imperial Order is crumbling.
A British friend of mine still blames me for "Suez" because "America chickened out" and I am American. (I was nine years old at the time!)
Chickening out is not the worst thing you can do when the new decision you can make is the intelligent one. (As Eisenhower saw.)
The Iran war needs to be stopped right now. Surely patriotic Republicans see that. Here are my suggestions for impeaching Trump for his blatantly stupid decision to attack Iran:
https://maxwellm.substack.com/p/i-offer-four-articles-of-impeachment
I am really not interested in John Leak's opinion. Trump is right we must free the Iranian people and rid ourselves of the militant Islamic regime who is continuing causing trouble. They hate Israel and America.
John, once again insightyful, however there is one major difference now vs '56: every sane person knew trump would assault Iran: you dont have 6 months of massive military build up for all to see and then sit on your heels. They are all complist, France, Germany, Spain, England, italy et al: not one of them seriously threatened Trump if he invaded. Remember US FRies when France would not support Dubwa's idiotic Iraq fraud...Those opposed were yelling from the roof tops.
Not this time...I suspect, as usual the utter fear of Holocaust blackmail, which now need to come to swift end. The Zionists and Trump for that matter, are Terrorists, plain and simple, by any deinition of the term, slaughtering indiscriminately and on fraudulent motives, for political ends is Terrorism. They will be held acountable one day...
casus belli? Iran hostage crisis, 1983 US embassy bombing in Beirut, 1983 Marine barracks bombing in Beirut, torture and death of William Buckley, TWA 847 hijacking, 1996 Khobar towers bombing, 1998 US embassy bombing in East Africa...
At least Persia won at Thermopylae and claimed the life of Leonidas, albeit followed by final defeat and retreat from Greece not long after. I don’t see the U.S. winning even that much, unless the schoolgirls of Minab are our 300 Spartans.
The parallel to Suez is instructive.
Well, you certainly read a lot of ''history'' -- whether accurate or not -- but unfortunately your information is suspiciously very thin in the current situation that you presume to compare to Suez etc...
For 1) the Gulf states are now pressuring to finish neutralizing the Iranian extortionist...
https://www.israpundit.org/gulf-states-press-us-to-neutralize-iran-for-good/
and 2) the Artesh [Iranan Army/Navy/Air] are angry at the IRGC b/c the IRGC is withholding decent medical supplies and services compared to what IRGC has...
https://jihadwatch.org/2026/03/in-iran-the-armys-resentment-of-the-islamic-revolutionary-guard-corps-continues-to-grow
and 3) Trump obliterated the military assets on Kharg Island, leaving the massive Iranian OIL OPERATION exposed for leverage in case ''somebody'' decides to try to keep the rest of the world's oil from reaching their intended destinations via Hormuz... The Epoch Times even looks at the type of operation involved in SEIZING IT....
ttyl
No. Keep the TDS goin'.