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Originally Posted by Mathgod

The thinking is you have to weigh in the chances of success before doing something like this. You might succeed, but then again you might not. You might replace the regime with a government the Iranians want, but then again, you might not. You might replace the regime with one that doesn't kill/imprison protestors, but then again, you might not.

And if you don't succeed, you've just created a whole lot of chaos and instability at the cost of lives, infrastructure, taxpayer dollars, etc, and not really created a better situation for the people of Iran (or maybe slightly better, but not nearly enough to justify the costs).

From a logistical standpoint, I don't see how Iran goes from what it is now to a country with a stable, decent government, and minimal violence taking place in the country. There are many different groups that have different ideas of what the future of Iran should be. I see decades of fighting and violent power struggles.

Then you look at the obvious problems going on in the US, the same government that supposedly can't afford to provide a very basic level of health care to its citizens can nevertheless afford another expensive Middle East quagmire war? Nothing makes sense with this Trump regime. It's all lies & fraud...

It gets worse as ‘ratcheting up the pressure’ means more civilian infrastructure gets hit, even if dial-use. Now life that was hard enough to spark mass revolt a month ago becomes even harder.