i love how the title is written to make it sound like Iranians are rising up against the government when it’s the exact opposite.
Not yellow enough
They always do this, take pro-government rallies and pretend like they are opposition. They did this a ton in Cuba as well
The volunteers would be an additional layer of security to the powerful Revolutionary Guard paramilitary and its all-volunteer arm
How is the Revolutionary Guard ‘paramilitary’? This is supposed to be one of the most significant institutions of journalism in this country? Does anyone there even speak English, or was this all written by ChatGPT?
i didn’t read the article, but Iran does have an unusual defense structure. the IRGC is not the conventional army force of Iran. The IRGC is ~120k troops whereas the rest of the Iranian armed forces number ~650k.
But then would ICE or Delta force be considered paramilitary? My understanding was that paramilitary was designated to any unit that isn’t state sanctioned.
ICE could be considered paramilitary, Delta Force is just part of the actual military. Paramilitary usually is defined as a civilian group organized like or to assist the formal military, whether sanctioned by the state or not. But the IRGC was officially created as part of Iran’s armed forces so I’m not sure exactly why it’s called a paramilitary here.
Designating the Texas Air National Guard a “paramilitary organization” to get libs to hate George Bush Junior again
It isn’t, it gets some favorable tax rules, and other incentives, but it’s self funded and autonomous.
IRGC is not a paramilitary organization but those comparisons are inaccurate. The US has nothing comparable to the IRGC because the IRGC is an armed revolutionary vanguard. Something like it can only exist in a revolutionary state, which is what the Islamic Republic has been since its inception.
Tbh I dont think the IRGC even approaches a leninist vanguard, if thats what you’re implying
I never said anything about Leninist. The IRGC is a vanguard of the Islamic Revolution. That is its function and that is what it was conceived as. Not every revolution is communist, or even necessarily progressive.
Okay, fair enough
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