It’s only day four of the US-Israeli ‘Operation Epic Fury’ and there’s already talks of a ground war and insurgency in Iran. Of course, the White House is still saying it doesn’t plan to send US boots on the ground (though is ‘not ruling it out’), while also proclaiming the US wants regime change in Tehran, and the dismantling of the Islamic Republic as a state and system is a formal objective.  But as the Bush Necons learned in Iraq, you can’t have your cake and eat it too. An air war according to even the CIA and top defense officials won’t be enough to effect regime change and state dismantling, so a ground operation is needed. This dilemma is precisely what has led President Trump to float a new possible plan, per the Wall Street Journal: President Trump is open to supporting groups in Iran willing to take up arms to dislodge the regime, U.S. officials said, as he continues to mull several options publicly and privately about who should succeed the country’s fallen leader. Let the etho-sectarian nightmarish hellscape violence begin? Yes, Trump is already speaking in terms of peeling off ethnic minorities in Iran to create an insurgency targeting Tehran. “Trump spoke Sunday with Kurdish leaders, officials said, and […]