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Supporters of regime change beware. Trump won't leave Iran with a democratic government because he hates democracy.
This isn't your typical American hostile takeover of a sovereign nation though.
Like, usually we drag it out, there's some cat + mouse, the president doesn't say the quiet part out loud. We might drone strike a couple of kids, but we won't bomb a whole damn school. Let alone take out the leader.
And then have practically no plan following it? Trump's first announcement after the attack made it seem like creating a power vacuum was the whole intent. Subsequent announcements make it seem more like "beatings will continue until morale improves", or rather "we'll just keep bombing you till you make the government we want".
It's like constantly hitting "next" while you're on shuffle trying to get Macarena by Los del Rio, and you've got like 20,000 songs to go through. And even when Man in the Mirror comes on and you can see Macarena right there you're like, "not good enough" and keep shuffling. Don't even pause for a minute to appreciate how good of a song Man in the Mirror is. Nope. Gotta shuffle. Dale a tu cuerpo alegría, Macarena.
Last time the US had a regime change on Iran they installed a dictator as well, that part unfortunately isn't unique to trump.
And that time was also because of oil.
Just replacing one tyrant with another.