Impending War With Iran- Where Is The “Resistance” Now?

With the attack this week on Iranian and Iraqi forces in Iraq, Trump authorized the assassination of Iran’s most elite general. Iran has stated they will retaliate, as has Iraq.

This is not merely a matter of Iraq ejecting US forces from the country any more. This was an attack on a sovereign nation and their allies.

The general in question was the leader of the Quds, a highly specialized faction of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. In turn, the Revolutionary Guard is a specialized faction of the Iranian military. So this general was the most elite of the most elite portion of the most elite force Iran has to offer. You can think of them as an equal to US Marine Special Forces, the SEALS or Green Berets. The Quds are credited with turning the tide against ISIS in both Iraq and Syria.

Yet the Revolutionary Guard (IRG) is even more than that. They are not merely a military force. They are a political and social force as well. They hold immense political sway in Iran. Plus when not in combat, the IRG performs social services, delivering food and doing service within their communities.

The military in Middle Eastern countries is a very different phenomenon from the US. They are not treated and considered separate from their communities. Hezbollah and the IRG keep a much shorter combat rotation than US forces do. 6–8 weeks on average, with three rotations. Thus, a combat soldier will enter combat for 6–8 weeks, then go home to their communities…