Checkmate!

Why the Iranian regime is finished (if the US provides the coup de grâce)

Introduction: Apocalyptic talk

To hear some “America First” isolationalists speaking about the Middle East, one would be forgiven for thinking that the region is on the brink of World War III. “We need to de-escalate!” they insist. “A negotiated ‘deal’ must be prioritised!” Trump repeats. Underlining such statements are not some misplaced love for the Islamic Replublic; after all the regime’s commanders have perpetrated terrorism on Western targets. Nor a more understandable concern about civilian deaths: For Israeli attacks on the Iran and its proxies have been as pinpoint as any in human history. Witness the pager attacks on leading Hezbollah figures, leaving those around them largely unscathed. Marvel at the successful assassination of Nasrallah at the first time of asking; Hitler’s bunker strategy failing terribly.

As it was with Hezbollah, so it is with Tehran. Its army and nucleur science corp are reeling. Rather the USA is worried that it too may be dragged into the fight. It’s the same unfortunate national characteristic that displayed itself in the early 20th Century. The Americans only fight when they absolutely have to (George W didn’t read the manual) and then take full credit when they finally charge onto the scene.

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