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Source: https://www.wsj.com/opinion/can-the-iranian-regime-survive-c56d25f8
Can the Iranian Regime Survive?
(Wall Street Journal) Walter Russell Mead - The Iranian mullahs built a regional power network on the twin foundations of unbending rejection of Israel's existence and unyielding opposition to American power. Yet the mullahs overreached, and since Oct. 7 they have watched one stronghold after another fall to Israeli counterattacks boosted by American support. Now the surviving mullahs and officers of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps cower in bunkers, afraid of their own cellphones. Their missile and drone attacks on countries ranging from Cyprus and Turkey to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE have broadened the American-led coalition. The number of Iranian missiles launched every day is declining. The writer, a fellow at the Hudson Institute, is Professor of Strategy and Statecraft at the University of Florida.