The funeral of Ayatollah Khamenei has been a phenomenon unprecedented in human history. Tens of millions of people have poured into the streets in every city where aspects of the funeral have taken place. Dignitaries from many countries have attended to pay their respects. Attendance is much larger than for the funerals of Ayatollah Khomeni, General Solemani, or Hassan Nesrallah, even though those were also extremely well attended. The phenomenon continues, in more cities, and also in other countries, notably Iraq which also has a Shia majority. This represents a key turning point in history, as the world realises that the empire has been defeated by a middle power that stood up to them, and in doing so has become a much greater power. Iran is now a major force to be reckoned with. The country is a natural defensive fortress with the ultimate leverage over the global economy due to its proximity to a critical choke point. It’s also the hinge point for pan-Asian economic integration, and therefore a critical node in the transfer of power from west to east. It was attacked because of this, and because it dared to stand for sovereignty rather than kowtow to the imperial bully.
The world has changed markedly as a result of this ill-advised conflict that any sane analyst could have said was unwinnable. Two malignant narcisissts – Trump and Netanyahu – have, in their hubris, engineered the downfall of empire. The world no longer respects the Iron Dome, or fears the US military, which is much depleted and still largely living in the 1980s, with obsolete equipment and ideas. The US couldn’t defeat the Houthis in Yemen and has now failed against Iran. It only succeeded in Venezuela due to internal corruption that involved the Vice President agreeing to hand over the President in exchange for substantial bribes no doubt. The US hasn’t been on the winning side of a war against a peer competitor since WW2, and even then it was the Soviets who truly defeated the Nazis, at huge cost to themselves.
Warfare has moved on decisively. In the era of drones, everything about how wars are fought, and with what, has changed. Iran began the drone era, which was later copied by the Russians and the Ukrainians. This was the decision of Ayatollah Khamenei, and he was criticised at the time for this, and for his decision to construct so much underground infrastructure at great cost. It was also his initiative to create a decentralised control structure with many layers of redundancy, so a decapitation strike would not disable the country. Even the erstwhile reformers who’d been seeking closer ties with the west for years have now admitted he was right, and that the empire would never have accepted or respected people they consider subhuman. The Israelis say this explicitly, while the US implies it through their actions.
Many types of weaponry are now obsolete, and so are many tactics. Drones and satellite imagery allow for almost total visibility. Night vision and thermal imaging drones allow for this under most conditions. Unconcealed targets can be identified and eliminated rapidly. AI is being used for targeting, with some successes and also with some disastrous effects. Troop accumulations are no longer possible, as they would immediately be targeted and eliminated, so a much more dispersed form of warfare occurs. This has been obvious in the Ukraine land war, where drones, comms networks, mesh technology, satellite imagery, and missiles have really shown their combined abilities. Those abilities would devastate any imperial attempt at a ground invasion of Iran. The US military knows it lacks the capacity to invade, even if it doesn’t really understand why beyond the lack of sufficient manpower, so a ground war there is very unlikely. Unfortunately, the lack of conventional options to continue the conflict makes the use of nuclear weapons more likely. Israel, in the grip of insane bloodlust, would be the most likely party to resort to this, even though it would mean their own destruction. This is their Sampson option, which has been in place since the days of Golda Meir. An empire in decline is a cornered animal, prone to lashing out in desperation.
Iran has struck a blow for sovereignty in a world where most states have been vassalised through the US-controlled financial system, and are no longer independent. This has been increasingly obvious since the covid era, when government across the west and beyond messaging was fully coordinated by the WEF. Governments were co-opted into poisoning their own people, covering up the extreme harm, and adding insult to injury by failing the affected in every possible way. They have all lost political legitimacy as a result, but at the moment this no longer matters as elections are organised in such a way as to disenfranchise any opposition to globalist mandates. The desperately unpopular leaders stay in place, or are replaced by equally subservient puppets who will carry on the same destructive agenda. Perhaps Iran has given others the courage to throw off the shackles of empire. The price for independence is high, but the price for continued subservience is ultimately much higher.
