Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
Based on the fact that discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran have been brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved, I have, as President of the United States of America, cancelled the scheduled strikes and bombings against Iran ...
Im wondering if the civilian government officials are finally seeing that if they dont play ball the bombs will fall on THEIR heads.
What the Civilian Government believes or doesnβt is largely irrelevant. What the IRGC does is mostly what matters.
The Downsides of creating a large heavily funded paramilitary that only really listened to the first Supreme Leader we blew up, and only kind of listened to the second one we maimed and possibly left in a coma. The amount of influence the rest of the Civilian Government had over them was limited.