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The Headless Octopus: How Decapitation Strikes Are Dismantling The IRGC by natedroid(op): 10:31pm On Mar 17
For years, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) projected an image of invincibility. It positioned itself as the head of a regional "octopus," with tentacles stretching from Lebanon to Yemen. But in the past 18 days, that octopus has been systematically decapitated.

The Pattern: Facts, Not Propaganda

When Israel's military announces a strike on a senior Iranian official, a predictable pattern unfolds. Tehran denies, posts ambiguous "proof of life," and then hours or days later quietly confirms the loss. It happened with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Day 1. It happened with IRGC Ground Forces commander Mohammad Pakpour. And it happened again this week with Ali Larijani, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, and Gholamreza Soleimani, commander of the Basij paramilitary force.

The undated handwritten notes and scripted social media posts are not evidence of survival. They are a delay tactic—a futile attempt to control a narrative that rubble has already written.

The Numbers Don't Lie

According to Israeli intelligence, more than 6,000 IRGC members have been killed in the last 18 days, with another 15,000 wounded. Command centers in every province, including Tehran, have been targeted. The hunting is not random; it is systematic.

The IRGC now acts "independently" not by design, but by default. The head is gone. Local commanders improvise. Proxies operate blind. Morale has shifted from revolutionary fervor to survival mode.

What Comes Next

With air defenses degraded and leadership in chaos, Israel and the US can now eliminate IRGC officials with routine precision strikes. The question is no longer whether the regime can fight back, but whether it can survive the bleeding.

The IRGC once boasted of being different stronger, more resilient, untouchable. Today, they are learning what Hamas learned before them: when you cut off the head, the body dies
Re: The Headless Octopus: How Decapitation Strikes Are Dismantling The IRGC by BodyCount: 10:34pm On Mar 17
The biggest problem of Iran is that they're too nice and moral people.
Iran didn't just wake up one day and started chanting death to those terrorists, it's because of all the evil they've done to them overtime...

In this war, They always try to avoid casualties, especially of the civilians.
They will announce whenever they want to bomb, give the exact location and time. This is what their evil enemies never does. They usually just take them by surprises.
You can never see Russia doing that to Ukraine and vice versa.

You can't be fighting with evil pigs and be avoiding dirts and muds in the name of playing fair and by the rules. When they give you 1, you give them at least 3 in response.
You don't play a moral and fair game in this evil life, where cheaters and evil people are celebrated. What's most important is staying alive.

Iran is in the middle of war, and many times, their top leaders are mostly on the streets and open places. All these is unnecessary. You can't see those terrorists and enemies close by at any given time. Sataniyahu will always jet out of the country for his safety. All their military officers are mostly underground in a Bunker.
Iran really need to change their strategy.
Their leaders and generals don't need any publicity!!!
Let the enemies tell you that you're a coward or you're hiding like a sewer rat blablabla. It doesn't matter. That exactly what the enemies are doing. It's just a game...
STOP FIGHTING A MORAL WAR WITH EVIL PIGS!!!
Re: The Headless Octopus: How Decapitation Strikes Are Dismantling The IRGC by QuinQ: 11:08pm On Mar 17
BodyCount:
The biggest problem of Iran is that they're too nice and moral people.
Iran didn't just wake up one day and started chanting death to those terrorists, it's because of all the evil they've done to them overtime...

In this war, They always try to avoid casualties, especially of the civilians.
They will announce whenever they want to bomb, give the exact location and time. This is what their evil enemies never does. They usually just take them by surprises.
You can never see Russia doing that to Ukraine and vice versa.

You can't be fighting with evil pigs and be avoiding dirts and muds in the name of playing fair and by the rules. When they give you 1, you give them at least 3 in response.
You don't play a moral and fair game in this evil life, where cheaters and evil people are celebrated. What's most important is staying alive.

Iran is in the middle of war, and many times, their top leaders are mostly on the streets and open places. All these is unnecessary. You can't see those terrorists and enemies close by at any given time. Sataniyahu will always jet out of the country for his safety. All their military officers are mostly underground in a Bunker.
Iran really need to change their strategy.
Their leaders and generals don't need any publicity!!!
Let the enemies tell you that you're a coward or you're hiding like a sewer rat blablabla. It doesn't matter. That exactly what the enemies are doing. It's just a game...
STOP FIGHTING A MORAL WAR WITH EVIL PIGS!!!
Clap for yourself

Then stop posting this NONSENSÉ on all threads
Re: The Headless Octopus: How Decapitation Strikes Are Dismantling The IRGC by fineboynl(m): 7:02am On Mar 18
The once still fighting are not getting paid. Many have drop off their uniform and abandoned fighting. Iran is sustaining the war with watering threats and propaganda.

Democrats have seen that trump have war this war. And they know the impacts it will cause in America. So they are trying hard to undermine the success.

Iran is gone. And the exiled prince will be brought back pretty soon. The question should be when. Not if they are still fighting.

The moral of fighting is gone. The soldiers are not getting paid. Their is already claims the chosen supreme leader have Exiled in Russia.

The country have no leadership now. The people would soon come out to protest and change their government.
Re: The Headless Octopus: How Decapitation Strikes Are Dismantling The IRGC by Elusive001: 11:18am On Mar 18
QuinQ:
Clap for yourself

Then stop posting this NONSENSÉ on all threads
Very huge nonsense.
Re: The Headless Octopus: How Decapitation Strikes Are Dismantling The IRGC by hotwax: 5:23pm On Mar 18
Hamas are looking at IRGC like "pele, na so eh happen to us. Just manage ehn ...he go soon relief you...na so eh dey pain"
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