Beau of The Fifth Column

So you have a third wave coming pretty soon.

We're not going to know anybody.

He then decided to basically dash the hopes of the exiled crown prince of Iran's last shah and sort of indicated he's not in the running.

Then he said the sentence that is going to scramble all the talking points of politicians and commentators.

Quote, it would seem to me that somebody from within maybe would be more appropriate.

He's talking about somebody from within the current regime coming to power.

So much for all the concern trolling about the well-being of people of Iran.

It wasn't actually a goal.

Trump might be trying to find his way out of this mess.

And honestly, I hope he does.

I hope he just declares victory, says we degraded their capabilities, and walks away before this continues to spiral and we see more serious combat.

At the same time, we're seeing reports surfacing that the CIA is trying to arm the Kurds and maybe other ethnic groups in the country, like maybe some Azeris.

It's incredibly unlikely that the Kurds could make a real move in Tehran, which is predominantly Persian.

So, the idea that central intelligence plans on using them to oust the central government seems unlikely.

it looks like the US intelligence community might have decided that Trump's war wasn't going to achieve the results he wanted.

So rather than let the country stand, they might be trying to balkanize it and create discontent that would rip the country apart.

That situation almost always carries a high human cost and is typically a lengthy process.

I'm sure there will be more development soon.

Anyway, it's just a thought.

Y'all have a good day.