tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719362718346107647.post4338608243755626834..comments2024-03-16T09:11:27.097-04:00Comments on GrEaT sAtAn"S gIrLfRiEnD: Going All The WayGrEaT sAtAn'S gIrLfRiEnDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09760252542953109449noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719362718346107647.post-31224117686754746122012-01-29T21:27:43.578-05:002012-01-29T21:27:43.578-05:00Does the "massive unrest after a military str...Does the "massive unrest after a military strike" part ever work? Honestly, can you remember a time when a country bombed by a foreign force has been wrecked by domestic disorders? I can't. Pressure from outside always solidifies regimes. <br /><br />Look at the previous cases. You could see it in Libya, where the regime instantly received a boost in support the moment it could point at an alien force, which was claimed to be destroying the country all along. Suddenly a lot more people were willing to defend the status quo.<br /><br />But bombs are, in fact, exploding in Iran right now. Does this make the people any more willing to speak up against the regime? No, you have funerals with Muslim martyrs who died for their country by the hand of Zionist agents. That sort of stuff hardly makes anyone willing to come out in opposition to the regime. And it will hardly be the stuff to cheer for even in the aftermath of such attacks for a long time to come. <br /><br />http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/9013683/Funeral-in-Iran-for-assassinated-nuclear-scientist.html<br /><br /><br />Remember 9/11? That was one of those times when a regime failed to forestall an attack. It did not soften the government line, it reinforced it. I figure neoconservatives might feel vulnerable about all the critcism of George Bush, but if you remember, the government was also very effective at putting out any of that critcism by - drum roll - appealing to patriotism! That very force which Fly and Schmitt want to use to undermine the regime!<br /><br />If real opposition dissent is doubtful in reaction to military defeat (remember, there's civilian casualties, sacrifice breeds attachment) generally speaking, then consider the cultural specifics of Iran. Iranian (and shiite culture in general) is one that is heavily supportive, even welcoming of martyrdom. In this culture, the failure to forestall in attack is not a failure at all. It is a mark of decisiveness, adherence to a common cause.<br /><br />And the idea that any bombing could compromise state security apparatus is laughable. Whether it was Hitler's Germany or Communist Cambodia, numerous tyrranical regimes managed to operate excellently working repressive organs under the direst circumstances.Michalnoreply@blogger.com