Iran might go to this surrender baby-tantrum style but they will still go. What other option do they truly have?
As the Iranian war comes to a head -- one way or another it is going to end soon -- the Iranians state they refuse to surrender or even negotiate under threat. I understand their desire, but sadly for them, reality is stacked against them.
As an analogy, imagine having an older brother who wants to physically dominate you and make you cry uncle. Many have had this experience. You don’t want to give in. You want to fight back. But sooner or later you will cry uncle or your brother will tear your arm out of its socket. That doesn’t do it? Then he’ll do the other arm and then move on to other targets. Trust me, sooner or later you are going to surrender. Just the way it is.
The Iranians find themselves in a similar position. They want to fight. They want to say no. But sooner or later the pain will become too great and they will surrender. Food, clean water, and electricity will soon be far more important than this or that revolutionary slogan.
Of course, they don’t want to do this. Does anyone really think in WWII Imperial Japan and Germany willingly surrendered? Or that they were happy about their reality? Heck no. Did many want to fight to the death? Sure. But unconditional surrender was the only way to stop the pain, so they chose that over complete and total destruction.
Iran might go to this surrender baby-tantrum style but they will still go. What other option do they truly have? Regardless of what our Iranian-cheering media and Democrat traitors might be telling you, this war is effectively over and has been for weeks.
The only limiting factors are how much pain we are willing to inflict and how much pain they can endure before giving in. Just like that older brother. Unless we foolishly quit, there is only one way for it to end.
And sure, they will try to get in a few hits before going down, that is to be expected. They might even score a few and give us a bloody nose or two but that in no way will influence their demise.
There is one wild card that will determine the degree of destruction coming their way. Do Iranians view themselves as Iranians first or Islamic revolutionaries first?
In WWII, the Japanese loved their country. This love of country is what drove them to unconditional surrender. The end of the war for them was obvious for months. The only question was how would they end it.
Always remember, the loser determines when a fight is over, not the winner.
A couple atomic weapons later and the Japanese made the wise choice to save their country and countrymen. We did not allow them to save face. All the cards were with us, so why should we negotiate about anything. The emperor -- whom many Japanese considered divine -- would come on bended knee whether he wanted to or not. Sound familiar, Iran?
Or consider the Germans. They too loved their country and saw the writing on the wall; the war was lost. Towards the end, Hitler did push the idea they had some secret super-weapon that had been kept in reserve just in case it was needed. The super-weapon did not appear, as it did not exist, and the Nazis simply wanted justification for continuing to send young boys and old men to die at the front.
The Iranians are saying the same thing today. Why haven’t they already unleashed this super-weapon? Probably because it doesn’t exist and they want to provide motivation for their people to keep fighting and dying even though the outcome is already settled.
If the Iranians love their country they will curse and spit, but they will surrender. And unless we choose to pull defeat from the jaws of victory, it can and should be unconditional. No face saving. We have absolutely no reason to seek compromise on anything.
The only wild card is do they fundamentally consider themselves Iranians or Islamic revolutionaries? I do not know this answer. But the past 50 years does not provide comfort. If they had truly considered themselves proud Persians, they wouldn’t have turned over a centuries old Persian culture to Arab Islamists.
So will they surrender in an attempt to save their country -- like Japan and Germany -- or fight to the bitter end, destroying Iran in the process, as they have no allegiance to the country of Iran or its people?
I’d guess there are folks in both camps in Iran. I hope they make the right choice and like Japan and Germany choose to join the other peace-loving nations in world. But if they don’t, I have no problem letting them wallow in their own crapulence for the next 50 years.
Hell is coming to pay them a visit in a day or two. And what we destroy will not be fixed and rebuilt anytime soon. I hope they make the right choice but I, and my fellow citizens, can live with whatever direction it goes.
But just like having that older brother, they will cry uncle sooner or later.
And as a side note, after this is over and they lie licking their wounds, they should thank Allah on a daily basis that they were conquered and surrendered to the only country in the history of man that will willingly leave after victory.