#iran attack

He stood on a box in a cell in Abu Ghraib, wires clipped to his trembling hands, a black hood suffocating the air from his lungs. American soldiers told him if he slipped, the electricity would rip through his veins — but the wires were dead; the terror was not. His left shoulder was already shattered from rifle butts, his body torn by beatings and dog bites, but what truly broke him was the shame: naked, humiliated, mocked by grinning guards who posed for photos like tourists beside his suffering. His name was Ali Shallal al-Qaisi — a soccer coach once loved by his community, now paralyzed, half his body refusing to obey him because of the shocks they forced through his skin. He did not die in that cell, but something in him did: a quiet faith in humanity. He spent the years after his release telling the world about the freedom they promised and the dignity they stole, so that when we see that hooded figure, we remember: his body carried the cost of someone else’s democracy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ali Shallal has said in interviews:

“They tortured us not to get information, but to break us. To show they could do anything to an Arab, to a Muslim, to a human — and no one would stop them.”

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A seismic shift in the Middle East: After nearly four decades of an iron-fisted rule, has the era of Iran’s Supreme Leader finally come to a sudden and explosive end? 🌍💥

𝗙𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗗 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗘’𝗦 𝗜𝗥𝗔𝗡 𝗧𝗔𝗞𝗘 “𝗕𝗜𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗘” — 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗦 𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗙𝗧𝗘𝗗⁣⁠⁣

Let that sink in.

Not a Republican.

𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮. 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗔. 𝗔 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁.

A Democrat senator publicly torching a Republican for attacking strikes on Iran.

That is how upside down this moment is.⁣⁠⁣

While some in the GOP rushed to scream “unauthorized war,” Senator Fetterman went on record and flat-out said the criticism was 𝗯𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲.

Not misguided.

Not debatable.

𝗕𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲.⁣⁠⁣

"𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘣𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘦. 𝘐’𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥 30,000 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦.⁣⁠⁣"

That statement alone destroys the lazy narrative that this is about “warmongering” or random escalation.

Fetterman made the distinction crystal clear:

This is not about the Iranian people.

This is about a 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗺𝗲.⁣⁠⁣

That completely 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗽𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 “𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿” 𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 in one sentence.

And here is where the political contrast gets explosive.

A Democrat saying he is 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆.

A Democrat saying he is 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗜𝘀𝗿𝗮𝗲𝗹.

A Democrat saying the president was 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁 in this case.

Not Democrats vs Republicans.

𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 vs 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴.⁣⁠⁣

"𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘮𝘦.⁣⁠⁣"

And then came the strategic reality check that critics keep ignoring:

Decades of negotiations.

Endless diplomacy attempts.

Repeated regional destabilization.

And what did the regime respond to?

Pressure. Strength. Consequences.

Not hashtags.

Not lectures.

Not endless negotiations that went nowhere.⁣⁠⁣

Fetterman even admitted what many policymakers quietly acknowledge:

"𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬. 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴.⁣⁠⁣"

That is not partisan spin.

That is a geopolitical assessment.

And politically, this moment is devastating for the anti-strike narrative.

When even a Democrat senator is publicly backing military action, standing with Israel, and calling internal U.S. criticism “bizarre,” the usual media script starts to collapse fast.

Mic-drop reality:

When even a Democrat senator is publicly backing military action and calling the criticism “bizarre,” the political narrative is not holding.