The U.S. just killed the premier Shia religious leader during Ramadan, the holiest month of the Muslim calendar.
As a reader pointed out, it’s equivalent to killing the Pope during Lent.
Add to that an Israeli missile strike that killed dozens of Iranian schoolgirls.
This will stir decades if not generations of enmity among ordinary Iranians toward the U.S., even among those who hated the Islamic regime.
The idea that Trump’s war could transform US-Iran relations in any positive way —even if the Iranian people revolt — is pure fantasy.
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