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A decision to win the war depends upon understanding and accepting the realities of Iran\u2019s driving ideology and goals. A simplified summary is that Iran is run by a religious mullah, the ayatollah, who has absolute authority over the civil government and all military forces. News articles about the IRGC or civil government leaders being in control are poorly informed and erroneous.<\/p>

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Iran\u2019s military force consists of the regular army (about 350,000 plus reserves), the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRGC), which is about 150,000, and the Police Command.<\/p>\n

The IRGC includes the Quds force (which runs Iran\u2019s foreign terrorist operations) and the Basij (a paramilitary militia that enforces Sharia law on citizens).<\/p>\n

All of these organizations answer to, and obey, the ayatollah, who is seen as Allah\u2019s chosen leader for Iran.<\/p>\n

This summary from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), published three days ago, provides a revealing description of Iran\u2019s ideology and goals:<\/p>\n

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Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei released a statement on May 26 reaffirming the regime\u2019s commitment to the principles of the Islamic Revolution and his father\u2019s grand strategy \u2013 namely, a commitment to the destruction of Israel, the expulsion of US forces from the region, and the formation of a \u2018new Islamic civilization\u2019 united against the United States.<\/strong> Khamenei emphasized that \u2018Death to America [and Israel]\u2019 will again be the slogan of Iran and the Islamic world. Khamenei stated that Iran defeated US and Israeli forces in the recent war and highlighted the \u2018martyrs\u2019 of Iran\u2019s partners and proxies in the region, particularly Hezbollah in Lebanon. Khamenei emphasized the need to unite the Islamic world to \u2018solve the problems\u2019 of the region, including preventing the presence of US forces.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

(Note that liberal news articles you may have read about this statement fuzzed over its militant defiance.)<\/p>\n

How many proofs do we need that Iran\u2019s leaders will not<\/em> give up their goals unless they are thoroughly humiliated and crushed?<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s religious fanaticism is created and sustained by Iran\u2019s Shia mullahs. That means we must eliminate as many leading mullahs as we can find to make the remnant surrender. If they never surrender, then:<\/p>

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