Topic: Iranian National Guard

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Donald Trump delivered a televised address calling for the Iranian people to overthrow their government and for the National Guard to surrender. He offered total immunity to those who lay down their arms while threatening "certain death" for those who continue to resist. Trump characterized the military operation as a noble mission to ensure Iran never obtains a nuclear weapon.

The alliance between communists and Islamists is compared to the 1979 Iranian Revolution, where the two groups united to overthrow the Shah before the Islamists purged the communists. Matt Bracken references JFK's 1962 deployment of 31,000 troops to Oxford, Mississippi, to argue that Trump's potential use of the National Guard is historically moderate. He suggests the left is trying to trigger a "Fort Sumter" moment.