Post #509433
2026-03-03 23:56 UTC
Replies (15)
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@DavidM_yeg@mstdn.ca 2026-03-03 23:56
It is completely unclear what these numpties think “regime change” even means (it seems to me that they don’t either). Does it mean taking out a prominent leader (who was 86 and likely to die soon anyway), or the wholesale replacement of the entire government structure? The first doesn’t change the country much at all… Khamenei didn’t slaughter thousands of protesters with his own hands, his underlings are quite capable of staying on course. The second means reinventing government from the ground up, on the fly, by inexperienced people, leaving the nation vulnerable to the risk of a takeover to radical partisans… which is how the people of Iran ended up in the current pickle to begin with. #USPol #cdnPoli #iran #RegimeChange
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@aka_quant_noir@hcommons.social 2026-03-04 00:31
@DavidM_yeg Unfortunately, to prevent our government from committing external coups like this, we would have to change our regime first.
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@duckz@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-03-04 01:20
@DavidM_yeg it's just a marketing term, similar to "special military operation". It just means war
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@numbercrow@techhub.social 2026-03-04 01:29
@DavidM_yeg "regime change" is just poorly obfuscated code for "more favorable to our business interests"
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@Dero_10@thecanadian.social 2026-03-04 01:32
@DavidM_yeg @fname “Regime change” is what is needed in USA
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@chrisp@cyberplace.social 2026-03-04 02:09
@DavidM_yeg I didn't like my best friend's spouse, so I just kidnapped them, took them to a desert and shot them. My best friend got a new spouse the next week and now everyone is happy again, no harm no foul.
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@anyGould@kind.social 2026-03-04 02:39
@DavidM_yeg I always wish folks would ask US (and CA and EU) politicos if they'd approve of "regime change" in *their* country.
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@JackMexa4@mastodon.social 2026-03-04 03:52
@DavidM_yeg Despite all destruction, in the process, someones, somehow, make a lot of money. Not the treasury though.
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@Su_G@aus.social 2026-03-04 05:03
@DavidM_yeg It’s not all that easy to change sheets… 😐
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@mikefordays@mstdn.io 2026-03-04 05:31
@DavidM_yeg I'm so frustrated by the liberal reactions that I'm seeing, basically justifying this fucking war crime. Like, the goddam Trump regime isn't even pretending they're doing it for "democracy", and somehow libs are like, idk, *hoping* that things will accidentally end up with Iranians better off than they were before?
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@hfinyow@mstdn.ca 2026-03-04 06:41
@DavidM_yeg regime change really reads like the US saying to world leaders in smaller countries "if you don't hand over all of your nation's resources, we'll put someone in power in your country who will"
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@oatmeal@kolektiva.social 2026-03-04 06:53
@DavidM_yeg Anatomy of the mentioned attempt which eventually brought #Iran the current regime https://kolektiva.social/@oatmeal/114710946113261699 Full film included
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@xs4me2@mastodon.social 2026-03-04 07:15
@DavidM_yeg A valid regime change would be one in the USA as it has been highjacked by a bunch of raving lunatics sponsored by big tech oligarchy.
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@DirtyAnCom@kolektiva.social 2026-03-04 14:10
@DavidM_yeg human suffering and instability seems to be the point. The US is the world's bully and bullies prey on instability and suffering.
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@Robo105@mastodon.social 2026-03-04 18:05
@DavidM_yeg The only regime change Trump is interested in is the usa from a democracy to a despotic theological authoritarian regime