"Yeah, just keep killing, killing them until they're until they're gone. I mean, absolutely."

[Miles Archer]

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) expressed full-throated support for Israel's plan to kill anyone who is appointed by the Iranian regime to lead the nation.

A joint U.S.-Israeli military operation decapitated Iran's leadership structure over the weekend, and Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz warned that "any leader appointed by the Iranian terror regime" would become "an unequivocal target for elimination," and the Pennsylvania Democrat told "CNN News Central" that he wholeheartedly agreed.

"Yeah, just keep killing, killing them until they're until they're gone," Fetterman said. "I mean, absolutely. I saw that, I've read that, that they're going to target who they ever elect to be their next leader and kill them – absolutely, I fully support it. So that's what's entirely appropriate now, they have to decide, are we going to continue for, choose now peace, and, or now we're going to try to destroy Israel? They really don't have those capabilities at this point. It's just empty rhetoric because we all know that Iran isn't able to really project the kinds of damage."

https://www.rawstory.com/john-fetterman-israel-iran/

[Blues Heron]

1. Has he been tested for rabies lately, he's positively frothing at the mouth

[sop]

2. Fetterman isn't well.

[Trueblue1968]

22. He is mentally ill.

[Bmoboy]

3. Cognitive Deficiency Club

Stroke, dementia, psychosis ...

Just like Donald.

[JBTaurus83]

4. Lindsay Graham

As a Dem.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

5. "...full-throated support..."

OMG I hate that stupid expression!!

What's his throat full of? One blogger uses a stupid expression then everyone uses it.

[UpInArms]

30. "full throated"

i think that was first used to describe the howling of wolves or baying of dogs in the hunt

as when they hold their head back and use their "full throat"

(edited to continue to clarify the correct use of the term)

[Traildogbob]

51. A throat full

Of fresh mushroom spores from the prophet of their Gawd.

[Ilikepurple]

31. His throat is full of his voice. Blame Keats.

I don’t even listen or read any bloggers and am fully aware of this metaphor. I’ve always thought of birds or frogs using volumes of air to push their calls, but I’m no biologist. Keats, frog, or bird, Fetterman does not have my full-throated support on this issue.

[JBTaurus83]

33. Maybe a body part

Of Bibis?

[Ilsa]

6. He's becoming less and less inhibited.

He dresses like what my son sleeps in. I hope his clothes are clean, at least. I wonder if his hygiene has been kept up?

[PatSeg]

29. He dresses like he's going to Walmart on Black Friday

I think it is disrespectful for a sitting senator to dress like that in the capitol. I'm all for comfort, but it seems a large percentage of Americans these days are absolute slobs.

[Ilsa]

49. ITA. I think it is disrespectful to the

seriousness and elevation of the office. The pay and benefits are enough that he should be financially able to dress better. I have never thought a dress code was required, but I think Congress should establish a list of apparel not appropriate for work. I just don't understand why why Fett fights it.

[moniss]

52. Fine dining places, supper clubs etc.

around here have seen tons of customers coming in dressed in shorts, tank tops and sandals. If you go to funerals and weddings now you see all kinds of people in jeans and t-shirts. It's disgusting. At the dining places along with the shorts and sandals comes the loud obnoxious conversation and laughter. The waitresses also tell me they are "handsy" and cheap on the tip if they tip at all. So if you go for a nice night out on a Saturday evening your chance is pretty high of sharing the fine dining establishment with "bros" in shorts, t-shirts and sandals with beards and backward baseball hats slamming drinks and being loud. To them every place is like a sports bar.

A lot of people today have no sense of manners for others around them. They were poorly parented.

[debm55]

7. My Senator is not right in the head. I am ashamed to have voted for him

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

8. The other choice was Mehmet Oz. No shame in voiting "D".

[debm55]

13. No I meant to say I should have primaried him with C.Lamb. I would never vote for Oz.

[PeaceWave]

55. Don't knock yourself over this. Something is clearly different with Fetterman since the stroke.

[Wednesdays]

9. Can the 25th Amendment apply to senators?

[Ilsa]

50. You know, with a six year term at risk, there should be

something besides impeachment for removal on medical grounds.

[Borogove]

35. Same here, debm55. Not only did my wife and I vote for him, we also made significant contributions to his campaign.

We want our money back.

[Whip-poor-will]

41. Senator

and donating like me ?

[Ferrets are Cool]

10. In other words, he has no problem with the killing of women. And children.

[Coventina]

11. I can't think of another politician that has disappointed me so much.

[Maru Kitteh]

12. It's like he's trying to become the MTG of the senate.

What a failure of critical thinking he has become. Too bad he’s not avoiding cameras anymore.

[dalton99a]

14. Why should Americans die for the bloodthirsty monster Netanyahu?

And why should Americans have to pay for his wanton obliteration of Gaza?

[Irish_Dem]

15. Killing, killing, killing until they are all gone.

This is not leadership.

[Autumn]

17. That's not even human

[Amaryllis]

26. Not even a proper sentence. ramblings...

[MustLoveBeagles]

32. No it isn't

Something is wrong with him. I no longer think it's just the stroke. My husband has had two minor ones and he's changed but not to this degree.

[Irish_Dem]

40. Yes we all know people who have had strokes and don't turn into psychopaths.

[Autumn]

16. What a fucking psycho.. He should grab a gun ang get his ass over to Israel.

[MustLoveBeagles]

34. If he feels that strongly about it he should

[lame54]

18. If it's a bluff why kill them

[pat_k]

19. Is the regime utterly clueless about the magnitude of the IRGC/Basij military, industrial, economic conglomerate???

I am not hearing any one of the idiots cheerleading the insanity acknowledging the uniquely formidable infrastructure.

With the limited reading I've done, it seems pretty clear that the IRGC and supporting volunteer Basij army constitute a massive force that is deeply embedded in every part of the economy and civil society. It also seems pretty clear that the IRGC wields vast oppressive power that is effectively independent of the regime leadership.

The revolutionary guard corp is estimated to be 100,000 to 200,00O people strong, with power centers throughout the economy.

And regarding the Basij, there are more indepth sources, but wikipedia provides a decent summary:

From Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basij

is a paramilitary volunteer militia ...

Subgroupings of the Basij include the

Primary Schools Basij Cadets [Basij-e Danesh-Amouzi], (also reportedly called Omidan or Hopes),[55]
Middle schools basij, Pouyandegan or Seekers,[55]
High school Basij, Pishgaman or Standard Bearers,[55]
the Students Basij Cadets [Basij-e Daneshjouyi],
the University Basij Cadets,
the Public Service Basij (Basij-e Edarii), and
the Tribal Basij.[33]

Estimates of the number of Basij vary, with its leadership giving higher figures than outside commentators. Official estimates are as high as 23.8 million.[57] A scholar of the Basij, Saeid Golkar, estimates their total membership at approximately one million, and their security forces in the tens of thousands.[19] As of 2020 there were reportedly between 40,000[19] and 54,000 Basij bases (Paygha-e Basij) around Iran.[58]

Economic power
According to the US Treasury, the Basij have a multi-billion-dollar "covert network" of businesses.[19] According to Saeid Golkar, the influence of the Basij in the Iranian economy, has grown to extend to "every sector", from "construction and real estate to the stock market".[54] In 1996, six organizations were put under the control of the Basij Cooperative Foundation (BCF)

The Basijis Housing Institution (Moassesseh-ye Tamin-e Maskan-e Basijian).
The Basijis Medical Institution (Moassesseh-ye Tamin-e darman-e Basijian).
The Basijis No-Interest Loan Institute (Moassesseh-ye Gharz al-Hassaneh-ye Basijian).
The Basijis Consumer-Goods Provision Institution (Moassesseh-ye Tamin-e Aghlam-e Masrafi-ye Basijian).
The Cultural Artistic Institute of the Warriors of Islam (Moassesseh-ye Farhangi Honari-ye Razmandegan-e Eslam).
The Scientific and Pedagogic Services Institute of the Fighters (Moassesseh-ye Khadamat-e Elmi va Amouzeshi-ye Razmandegan).[59][54]
As the government privatized companies under president Hashemi Rafsanjani, The Basij Cooperative Foundation became the Basij's main mechanism for "purchasing entire industries on the cheap"

There is also the Quds Force
From Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quds_Force

It specializes in unconventional warfare and military intelligence operations. The U.S. Army's General Stanley McChrystal describes the Quds Force as an organization analogous to a combination of the CIA and the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) in the United States.[10] Responsible for extraterritorial operations,[11] the Quds Force supports non-state actors in many countries, including Hezbollah, Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the Houthi movement, and Shia militias in Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan.[11]

Fetterman's (and others) "we'll just keep killing them til they are gone" is beyond stupid.

Killing ayatollahs doesn't touch the vast infrastructure. The IRGC / Basij is like a cancer that has metastasized to every organ of the body. I fear that the idiots in charge will be perfectly happy to kill the host and destroy the lives of every Iranian in their pursuit of "victory." And clearly, MBC and Netanyahu would be thrilled with such a result.

[Ponietz]

20. Open depravity beyond shame

[chowder66]

21. Replace sofa w/ Israel and Vance w/ Fetterman....

[City Lights]

23. He needs a primary challenger when he is up for re-election. nt

[Tribetime]

24. It seems we're always stuck with the democrat like that

It was Sinema before now.It's him so we need to have a majority plus one or two

[AllyCat]

53. Don't forget Manchin

[Whyisthisstillclose]

25. When are we going to be rid of these psychopaths?

[BlueTsunami2018]

27. The words of a psychopath.

What difference is there between what he’s saying and what Whisky Pete is saying?

These are the words you’d hear from lunatics and sickos.

Kill! Kill! Kill!!!

What the fuck are we doing?

[MustLoveBeagles]

37. I no longer think the stroke caused this

It revealed what was previously kept hidden.

[BlueTsunami2018]

45. Yeah, I'm sad to say I was completely duped by this jerkoff.

That’s not something that happens very often.

I’m embarrassed.

[MustLoveBeagles]

47. Don't be embarrassed

He fooled a lot of people including me. The current Whitehouse occupant fooled me at one time as well.

[ColoringFool]

28. WTH?! I'm 76, And Regret Only ONE Vote In My Life. GUESS......

The United States and citizens thereof will bitterly rue the day.

BITTERLY. In, as they say, blood and treasure.

Those whom Trump would destroy, he first makes poor.

[NNadir]

36. That guy is such a huge disappointment.

[MustLoveBeagles]

38. Yes he is

It's gone beyond that for me. I think he's a psychopath or at the very least a sociopath. I think it would be best if he got out of politics.

[Talitha]

39. That boy ain't right...

[Blue Owl]

42. John Letterman, who are you?

Look at yourself, man...

[TexasBushwhacker]

43. Interesting that as massive as he is, he never served in the military n/t

[flashman13]

44. He sounds as crazy as Hogsbreath and Trump. The underestimation of Iran's capabilities is endangering all of us.

[Miles Archer]

46. Good point.

Trump's going to go out there and pound his flabby chest, "OH...you THINK I hit you hard? Well, I'm going to hit you harder than ANYONE IN THE HISTORY of being hit hard was hit hard, SO HARD that..."

And, Iran's gonna play their cards a little closer to the vest.

[flashman13]

48. Underestimation put five battleships on the bottom of Pearl Harbor. Four more were disabled.

Underestimation cost the Japanese the Battle of Midway.

Hubris is very dangerous.

[David__77]

54. What a kooky Israel supporter