The poisoned dream of “regime change”
By Josef Joffe
Status: 07:59 Reading time: 7 minutesOptimists hope for the overthrow of the mullahcracy. But in reality, "regime change" has only worked twice: in Japan and Germany after 1945. In all subsequent cases—from Vietnam to Libya—the good intentions turned into curses. Iran would be the toughest challenge.
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