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The Iranian Sharia-Supremacist Regime
and ‘Civilian’ Infrastructure

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Posted By: Mercedes44, 4/7/2026 6:33:56 AM

There are no ‘civilians,’ in the Western sense, in Iran, and the IRGC uses the infrastructure for its war aims. Ihesitate to keep hammering at the same themes at the risk of exhausting our readers’ patience, but I cannot stress enough the importance of trying to see the conflict in Iran as it is seen by the Shiite fundamentalist Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). It is a strategic error to see it as we would see it if we were under military attack, let alone as it is seen by the progressive-leaning, America-hostile media. On that score,

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Strike3 4/7/2026 8:35:51 AM (No. 2089841)
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Flyball Dogs 4/7/2026 8:44:45 AM (No. 2089847)
Andy is tiresome (and arrogant) in his disdain for PDJT. Nevertheless, this is an excellent explanatory analysis of the differences in cultural thinking between the West and fundamentalist Muslims, esp of the Shiite variety. Thank you for posting.
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