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littlemissmartypants

(33,041 posts)
Wed Mar 18, 2026, 12:14 PM 5 hrs ago

Unlike Trump, Iran's regime has been plotting this war for decades

Iran’s regime has spent years making plans to cope without its leadership and built a defence designed to survive and draw the US into a unwinnable ground war, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

Wednesday 18 March 2026 14:37 GMT

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Iran’s regime has a system known as the “mosaic defence” which has been implemented for battlefield decision making, counter attacks and state oppression.

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The doctrine of "mosaic defence” has its routes in the cell structures of resistance movements and terrorist organisations going back to World War II.

...each link is an autonomous self regulating and motivating entity.

Local leaders are given the authority, capacity, and above all inviolable orders that they must continue to act.

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“We’ve had two decades to study defeats of the US military to our immediate east and west. We’ve incorporated lessons accordingly,” the foreign minister said on social media on 1 March.

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-trump-us-war-irgc-plan-b2940964.html
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Unlike Trump, Iran's regime has been plotting this war for decades (Original Post) littlemissmartypants 5 hrs ago OP
A lot of Iran's satellite organizations have been beaten down. gab13by13 5 hrs ago #1
Yippee littlemissmartypants 4 hrs ago #2
Maybe not plotting, but certainly preparing. Baitball Blogger 4 hrs ago #3
Pretty sure Bibi has been plotting this war for decades also. gab13by13 3 hrs ago #4
Yeah well..... PatSeg 3 hrs ago #5
Yeah well..... PatSeg 3 hrs ago #6

gab13by13

(32,121 posts)
1. A lot of Iran's satellite organizations have been beaten down.
Wed Mar 18, 2026, 12:17 PM
5 hrs ago

President Biden bombed the piss out of the Houthis, Israel is killing Hezbollah as I type this.

Baitball Blogger

(52,249 posts)
3. Maybe not plotting, but certainly preparing.
Wed Mar 18, 2026, 12:42 PM
4 hrs ago

All of the Middle East knows the connection between Israel and the USA. They just hoped to minimize the casualties with the amount of money they gave the Trumps and Kushner.

gab13by13

(32,121 posts)
4. Pretty sure Bibi has been plotting this war for decades also.
Wed Mar 18, 2026, 01:25 PM
3 hrs ago

At least plotting it to stay out of jail.

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