Sam says Iranian people are caught between two blades: their own government and foreign bombing presented as liberation.
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Regime
Dave's model says a shrinking elite generation backing the regime against discontented supermajorities is a historically dangerous configuration.
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Dave's model says a shrinking elite generation backing the regime against discontented supermajorities is a historically dangerous configuration.
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"...for something but they don't realize it takes you know this regime change usually takes a lot longer than you know 40 days of..."
"...elites who are an elite, you know, generation who support the regime and then super majorities of people suffering from a lot of discontent...."
"...they did was they went into Baghdad, seized Baghdad, and the regime collapsed, and the war was over."
"...lasted for about six weeks, the intention was to decapitate the regime. And you do that by striking Tehran, and you do that by..."
"...the Iran -Southern border has become the radio station of the regime's most powerful weapon. Clearly, the United States has no military solution for..."
"...knows. What we do know is that the IRGC, the Iranian regime, remains pretty well in charge. That seems clear because the people are..."
"...it is highly likely, given the history of this 47 -year regime, that that's exactly what they'll do, that they will affect maximum leverage..."
"...a clusterfuck coming out of America. If you're going to see regime change to stop this war, forget about seeing it in Iran. You..."
"...know, we've got to get Iran to be reasonable, Iran, Iranian regime, yada, yada, yada. The very first thing the Americans did was assassinate..."
"...think that we're the villains here and that this is a regime. And by the way, again, I wasn't even necessarily in favor of..."
"But come on, this is a regime that was killing thousands and thousands, murdering their own people. This was a regime that's building a..."
"...me be crystal clear. I do think Iran is an evil regime. For 47 years, it's been oppressive to its own people in a..."
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