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I'm not sure Israel benefits from regime change, Iran does a lot of sabre rattling but if the regime was replaced by a democracy, Iran would likely be more aggressive to Israel not less.
I'm not sure how you've come to that conclusion. Aside from Iran's nuclear development ambitions, which is seen as an existential threat by Israel, Iran has been directly bankrolling both Hamas and Hezbollah for decades.
If the regime were toppled and replaced by a moderate government more open to negotiating with the US/Israel (which would almost certainly be the case, since US/Israel would be the ones picking who ran the new regime), that would be an enormous geopolitical win for Washington.
Iran's nuclear development ambitions are about as real as Iraq's WMDs it's a nice myth that benefits both Israel and Iran's regime, but that's about it.
Hamas gets more money from Qatar than Iran, and a Democratic Iranian regime would be likely to keep that funding going, funding Hamas is a popular in the Middle East for a variety of reasons.
So not a democracy then? Sure Israel would benefit from a puppet state, but how did that work out last time?
I'm sorry, but are you new here?
Surely I don't have to explain to you how a regime change orchestrated by the US/Israel would necessarily result in a puppet state.
It's a pretty big assumption that any regime change in Iran would be orchestrated by the US/Israel, what if I told you Iranians are actually individuals not controlled by their regime or the one in Washington, and can make their own decisions?
Perhaps we are talking at cross purposes.
I thought it was pretty clear that we were discussing what would happen if the US/Israel overthrew the regime like they did in 1953 and install a modern-day equivalent of the Shah. I wasn't talking about an actual, grassroots revolution.