Westerners turned a 86-year-old man into a hero and a martyr, and in doing so further strengthened the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in power in Iran, which has never been more popular than it is at this moment. Today in Iran everyone appreciates Khamenei, even those who until now did not find him the most likable, because people value it when a leader shares the fate of the people and when he exposes his own life as well, just like a soldier on the front line.
For comparison, Benjamin Netanyahu spent the entire day yesterday flying in circles above the Mediterranean Sea in his presidential plane, because he feared for his life and because he obviously has no confidence in the perforated Iron Dome. Meanwhile, ordinary Israelis were dying in their cities. Hundreds of Iranian missiles were falling on them, while their president, like a coward, fled the country and circled in his presidential plane over the vastness of the sea.
So who will the people value more and who will be more popular, Khamenei in Iran or Netanyahu in Israel? The answer is obvious. In the future, some Iranian city will probably be named after Khamenei and his name will be celebrated for generations, while Netanyahu will be remembered as a coward and a pervert whose name appears in the Epstein documents.
In any case, this has only further solidified the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in power, and Khamenei had not really been running Iran even before (after all, the man was a very old man), but rather decisions were made by other people, so there certainly will not be any disruptions in governing the country.
This conflict will continue, and the United States will keep losing its influence in the Middle East. Today the American embassy in Pakistan was set on fire, people in Bahrain, Iraq, and other countries are taking to the streets and celebrating every time Iran turns one of the occupying American military bases to ashes, the Strait of Hormuz is closed, Middle Eastern countries are increasingly realizing that it is not really profitable to be an American ally because it can only bring you harm (such as Iranian missiles falling on your cities) and because in that case the U.S. is not able to protect you. Now those countries, dependent on oil exports, will also begin to suffer economically because the Strait of Hormuz is closed and because the U.S. does not have the power to secure it. They are already suffering in tourism because it is no longer so safe for snobs and starlets to stay in luxury hotels around Dubai and the Emirates.
So – everything goes on! Donald Trump is the first American president whose numerous military bases have been smashed; such slaps will continue, Iran is already announcing a new round of strikes, and it is up to us to follow the whole situation.
And Khamenei… he became immortal last night.
