Source: Responsible Statecraft
by C Kaye Rawlings
“If you haven’t seen the barrage of tweets, cable news appearances, or hawkish op-eds calling for the U.S. to join Israel in its war on Iran, look no further than John Bolton’s recent Wall Street Journal piece, headlined ‘Iran’s Ayatollahs Are Weaker Than Ever.’ Bolton hammers on about how this is the moment for ‘overthrowing the Ayatollahs,’ affirming in no uncertain terms that ‘America’s declared objective should be just that.’ In other words, and to no one’s surprise, Bolton is back on his B.S. — pushing for regime change in Iran. But here’s the thing: regime change operations don’t work, and there’s a long history of failed American interventions to prove it.” (06/18/25)