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Tehran-based journalist Yashar Soltani wrote:“You first spoke of ‘liberating Iran.’ Then you bombed a school in Minab and took the lives of children.And today you speak of dragging Iran back to the ‘Stone Age’.”
“Iran is a land that, when many nations were still in the Stone Age, was building cities, writing laws, and creating civilization,” he added. (==I guess there are woke Iranians everywhere, how can they not understand he was talking about the terrorist leaders.)
Rift over costs of war
Despite widespread criticism, reactions among Iran’s oppositionhave not been uniform.
Some supporters of regime change argue that damage to infrastructure, while painful, can ultimately be repaired. They point to historical precedents such as the Iran–Iraq War, when key facilities including oil refineries and export terminals were rebuilt after extensive destruction. (KEK, they took Trump’s statement literally, wow!)
Others contend that the Islamic Republic’s long-term impact on governance,the economy and human capital outweighs the immediate damage caused by military strikes. For them, the focus should remain on political repression, including executions and internet shutdowns.
One social media user questioned priorities: “How can your infrastructure and the Stone Age be your priority before you even mention the executions and internet shutdowns!”(seriously?)
Another argued that reconstruction would follow regime change, writing: “Don’t worry about iron and concrete; worry about a homeland occupied by incompetence… after that, a free Iran will build infrastructure worthy of the name Iran.”
Somecommentatorshave alsosuggested that Trump’s rhetoric was directed primarily at Iran’s ruling establishment rather than the public. “When he says… ‘we’ll hit you and send you back to the Stone Age,’ he’s talking to the clerics, not the people,” one user wrote. (KEK, there are not just used to him)
(In a way, Trump negotiates like the Iranians. Interesting! The one thing Iran is forgetting, is Trump has lots of Iranian friends, and he sold all kinds of homes, properties and large and beautiful apartments to 1,000s of them over decades.)
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202604032540