Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Who WIll Succeed the Presidency of Iran

        Old man Khamenei, Supreme Leader of the Revolution, and 85 years old, or as we say in the West: OLD. So now the Old Man(really old) must make a couple of moves to ensure the Revolution continues unabated. His choices: younger men(no women need aspire to anything outside the hovel where they must live). Younger men in Iran today have no revolutionary memories-they were born too late, So now they will assume power strictly because the Old Farts are aging out of  EXISTENCE. The Old Farts will go to the happy hunting grounds where they can kill opponents with impunity all day long: Heaven, to them.

     So, will Khamenei hold elections(don't ask for an Iranian definition of 'election", please). What about Khamenei's son? Wouldn't he be the chosen one? Would he follow the Iranian rule-execute all nonbelievers w/o mercy. Mercy is not in the Iranian lexicon. The late President Raisi was well known for his murderous ways. When in doubt about a suspects true beliefs-execution fixes the problem. He was known for executing over 5,000 political prisoners. That means 5,000 Iranians were murdered by the government by presidential order. Hmmmm. Does that quell dissent? Usually. And also eliminates future problems for a few years or so. 

     How about the pilots walking around Tehran on egg shells? (Love the picture!) Helicopter pilots in particular. I'm sure their ranks will be purged. If I, the Mayor, was a helicopter pilot in the air forces I'd be flying anywhere out of the country that would let me land my aircraft. Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Switzerland, Belgium, Congo, Egypt, Qatar, Syria, or even Beirut. Not a good situation for Iranian aviation right now. I'm sure the families of all aviators are hearing the knock on the door at midnight. Please come with us; to headquarters for some questioning. No, you don't need anything, just your shoes/sandals, not even a toothbrush. Won't be needing that any more! And so it goes in a dictatorship run by crazies.

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