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Melon

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11. Nation building is doomed to failure.

Reply to Keepthesoulalive (Reply #9)

Sun Jun 22, 2025, 05:01 PM

Jun 22

Afghanistan is probably roughly the same. Huge war with nothing to show and the Taliban back in power.

But Iran has nuclear ambitions. They want a bomb and they want to destroy Israel. A new regime would have to be without nuclear ambitions.

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Regime change in Iran....discussion [View all] Melon Jun 22 OP

regime change has to be organic... WarGamer Jun 22 #1

I agree. But for that to really happen the people need to see weakness above. Melon Jun 22 #3

Since 1980 Iran has been doing to its citizens what djt is trying to do to us. Resistance is allegorical oracle Jun 22 #12

What War Gamer said. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 22 #2

"Regime change" rarely results in an improvement...nt Wounded Bear Jun 22 #4

And what if the next regime is worse than this one. Keepthesoulalive Jun 22 #5

Possible of course. It's hard to imagine a regime that would treat its people worse and go nuclear. Melon Jun 22 #8

Afghanistan Keepthesoulalive Jun 22 #9

Nation building is doomed to failure. Melon Jun 22 #11

Vietnam Keepthesoulalive Jun 22 #13

What WarGamer said. MarineCombatEngineer Jun 22 #6

the entire Middle East is watching. Tetrachloride Jun 22 #7

Netanyahu wants to restore a (Pahlavi) monarchy in Iran, however... AntiFascist Jun 22 #10

Fairly sure we just guaranteed no regime change in the near future. Xolodno Jun 22 #14

+1. Their national pride is more important right now dalton99a Jun 22 #16

No. H2O Man Jun 22 #15

We need a regime change here in the USA. America first. Autumn Jun 22 #17

It's up to the people of Iran to get regime change JI7 Jun 22 #18

Forced regime change by the US Bettie Jun 22 #19

Iran has a two prong leadership structure Arazi Jun 22 #20