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Mojtaba Khamenei

Not seeming particularly surrender-y at the moment.

As the Iran war carried on into another week, we heard—well, read—the first words from the supreme leader of Iran, Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the slain Ali Khamenei. This is a guy who was badly injured and is, according to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, “wounded and likely disfigured.” (Hegseth also called him the “so-called not-so-supreme leader,” a devastating burn.) The new Ayatollah Khamenei’s father, wife, and son are all dead, and maybe his mother too. No one’s quite sure. All of which is to say: This isn’t a Venezuela situation, in which the new head of the regime shows more of a willingness to play along with the U.S. Khamenei seems pissed off, and not really in dealmaking mood. He called for “revenge” and for “opening other fronts in areas where the enemy has little experience and would be highly vulnerable.” Most importantly, he said the “lever of closing the Strait of Hormuz must continue to be used.”

Khamenei is betting on the iron law of TACO. Soaring oil prices are not something that Trump has too long of an appetite for, which is why you’ve seen his administration trying to jawbone them down to buy a little more time. Congressional Republicans up for election this year are going to have panic attacks if gas prices climb much higher, and there was a noticeable uptick in Republican angst this week about the need to wrap things up. Americans are dying. The war is expensive, and depleting munitions stocks. Will Trump declare victory and try to end things in another week (if he even can), and the Surge can wash its hands of these downer opening entries? Trump, on Friday, said that he will end the war “when I feel it. When I feel it in my bones.” So maybe with another 20, 30 cents per gallon.

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Khamenei seems pissed off, and not really in dealmaking mood.

Doesn't matter if he was in a dealmaking mood anyway. "Bibi" is calling the shots, and he clearly says he wants Iran so crushed it can never challenge Israeli hegemony over the entire middle east.

Khamenei is betting on the iron law of TACO. Soaring oil prices are not something that Trump has too long of an appetite for,

Trump the Magnificent has made his position clear, since the campaign, when he was telling Proles their daughters will need to settle for only two dolls, rather than a dozen. Jim Jordan is only the latest of MAGA leadership to tell Proles to shut up and pay the higher prices for food, fuel, and everything else, because, he says, the project the government has begun is more important that the comfort of mere Proles.

Jordan on gas prices spiking amid Iran conflict: ‘We can live with that’

Jordan told CNN’s Kasie Hunt that Americans have the “common sense” to “understand that to stop this regime that for 47 years has killed Americans, killed Israelis, killed others and killed a number of their own people — to stop them from getting a nuclear weapon is a worthwhile objective.”

“And President Trump is committed to achieving that goal, and if that means prices go up for a time, I think Americans understand, we can live with that,” he continued. “But in the end, we want all that to happen, and we want it all to happen in as quick a time as it possibly can.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5782613-jim-jor...

Since the US embraced "supply side economics" 45 years ago, the program has been to take from Proles, and give to the rich. Proles have been getting the boiling frog treatment ever since, as they slip a little farther behind, every decade, while the "JCs" become rich beyond the dreams of Avarice. Trump the Great and Powerful may have his eyes on the final looting into destitution of 90% of the population, for the enrichment of the top 1%.

Did you see the piece on the news last night, about a 78 year old guy. working as a Doordash driver, in spite of his obvious mobility issues, because he can't get by without the extra income? "MAGA" made real.

Steve

It's not at all clear yet how "alive" the new leader Mojtaba Khamenei is. He was injured in the first attacks and perhaps gravely so. We haven't seen nor even heard him since then. His statement was read by someone else. For all we know he could be in a coma. Regardless though, clearly the IRGC is not going to give up quite yet.

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