CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY (Grant Newsham) - Freeing Iran requires a push from the US – and fast
Originally published by Asia Times
Protests need urgent American military support–otherwise Trump’s ‘locked and loaded’ threat will ring hollow Americans and the other free nations are watching Iran and many are rooting for the Iranians who have risen up against the repressive regime that has ruled harshly since 1979 – and caused no end of trouble for the United States. But it’s going to take more than protests and American encouragement to bring down the Mullahs. Force is needed. America (and excepting the Israelis, any friends the US has who want to do more than hide in the corner) need to go after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and other parts of the regime’s coercive infrastructure such as the Basij militia. Evin Prison, Iran’s…Open
