Iran has now been offline for 96 hours

Post by tptacek » Wed, Jan 14, 2026, 2:32 PM UTC

pazimzadeh wrote: post #190

tptacek wrote: post #188

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I agree, Iran doesn't really have an air force. In fact, they don't really even have a military --- by deliberate design. Iran will never field a competitive air force and I think it's actually pretty unlikely that they'll ever even field a seriously deterrent air defense system. I think that apart from lobbing MRBMs at Israel they simply aren't a serious regional threat anymore. They bet big on the IRGC Axis and it…

I think you're constantly making non sequiturs around details that aren't central to the point. I could answer these, but I don't want to get distracted. At the end of the day, given everything you know, you don't believe that Netanyahu wants the Iranian regime toppled? Revolutions can have some component of foreign intervention without necessarily negating the will of the people. The French aided the US, for example…

Post by tptacek » Wed, Jan 14, 2026, 6:04 PM UTC

pazimzadeh wrote: post #192

tptacek wrote: post #191

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I'm not sure what you expect from a conversation where you open with an accusation of bad faith and close by demanding I prove a negative.

It’s your choice to claim a negative in the first place. But yes, make an attempt to prove what you are saying and extraordinary claims require some evidence. Foreign countries have been meddling with Iran for over 200 years at the very least. The idea that now they aren’t is laughable. I opened by showing how your statements are in direct contradiction, by the way.