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Trump Signals Stronger Response After Iranian Attacks on US Bases

By Amanda Head | Just the News

Trump said “They’re going to get a beating.” The door would open thanks to Trump’s fury over the pair of recent attacks on U.S. airbases and outposts in the region. The avenues of freedom for the Iranian people may come from a variety of directions.

Following Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) missile attacks on U.S. bases in Kuwait and Jordan, President Donald Trump is now signaling readiness for full-scale military action that could shatter the cycle of tit-for-tat exchanges and accelerate an end to the conflict, opening the door for a full-on revolution for the Persian nation. 

“We’re going to beat the f****** s*** out of them […] We’ll be hitting them hard. They’re going to get a beating,” Trump said on Wednesday. 

If the Iranian regime collapsed under external pressure and internal strain, the power vacuum could empower ordinary Iranians, who have long protested theocratic rule, to seize control of their country’s future. Hardcore Islamists brought the nation into a theocracy in February of 1979.

Avenues to freedom for Iranian people are varied and possible

Free from the Revolutionary Guards and clergy, citizens would be able to organize, demand accountability, and reject new tyranny. Possible replacements include a secular democratic republic with free elections and separation of religion from state, a constitutional monarchy for continuity, or a federal system respecting ethnic diversity. 

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