alt Hacker NewsI suspect that invading and bombing a country for a few hours and then pulling out is not what most people will have in mind when you mention "taking military action". People are much, much more likely to remember the military quagmires in Vietnam or the Middle East, which have absolutely nothing to do with what occurred here.
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z3c0 • last Saturday at 2:01 PM
The deposing of the Shah only took three days. Three days to create half-a-century of turmoil.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9ta...
Let's see what happens if they get sucked into supporting the new regime. Amazing prospects already!
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Taking out Maduro is likely to lead to similar consequences as toppling Saddam, isn’t it? I predict the nation will be very unstable for decades ahead.
The action is smaller scale, but the ethics of it are the same: it’s abhorrent. The justifications are paper-thin ”the people deserve democracy”, while everyone knows the only interest served is that of the US government.