Source: Law & Liberty
by Max J Prowant
“Before examining the Iran case, it’s worth considering the United States’ disquieting record with militarily imposed regime change, both to contextualize the current operation and to shed light on the factors most conducive to its success. The scholarship on the subject is highly contested, but if there is any consensus, it is that regime change is a herculean task that seldom goes well. Especially when led by foreign militaries, efforts to install new governments rarely produce stable, friendlier regimes, to say nothing of democratic ones. It is more likely, in fact, to create political vacuums, civil war, and general political instability. This was our experience in Somalia, Haiti, Iraq, Libya, and Afghanistan in recent memory.” (03/12/26)