Why the U.S. must win the war with Iran?

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of a potential U.S. military victory in Iran and its impact on the Middle East.

Obviously, the outcome of the war with Iran remains to be seen. The best outcome is a US military victory followed by regime change freeing Iranians from the tyranny of their government. With that may come a more peaceful and stable Middle East removing the existential danger of nuclear weapons in the hands of religious fanatics who have plagued the region for the last 47 years. In 1979, a revolution deposed an oppressive unpopular monarch, the Shah of Iran who, at least, was a pro-western modernist. It brought Ayatollah Khomeini to absolute power as Iran’s Supreme Leader. Protected by his loyal religious army, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Khomeini declared Iran to be an Islamic Republic and abolished the Family Protection Act, enacted under the shah, which extended basic rights to women. Khomeini’ s mosque-based bands, the komitehs, were unleashed to patrol the streets enforcing strict Islamic codes of dress and behavior. They beat women and other “enemies of the revolution,” with brutality and killings vastly exceeding any oppression by the shah. Most Iranians who supported the revolution hadn’t planned on trading one despot for far worst ones. Throughout their…

Topics covered

• U.S. military strategy
• Iran conflict
• Middle East stability
• regime change
• nuclear weapons
• historical context

Keywords

• Iran
• U.S. military
• regime change
• nuclear weapons
• Ayatollah Khomeini
• Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
• 1979 revolution
• Middle East

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

Places: Iran, United States, Tehran, Middle East

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