On the outside, it may look like regime change is off the table in Iran. But anyone paying attention knows that both Israel and the United States will try again at some point. They always do.
When protests were taking place this month, Donald Trump said the United States stood ready to “liberate” Iran.
Before anyone cheers that on, we should slow down and ask a few basic questions.
What does U.S. “liberation” actually look like?
Has it improved the lives of the citizens in the respective country (e.g. Libya, Syria, Somalia, Afghanistan, etc)?
Has it made countries more stable, safe, and democratic?
Because honestly, if you look at the record, the answer is almost always no.
What frustrates me most is how casually politicians and media commentators (both “independent and MSM) talk about overthrowing foreign governments, as if it’s just a policy debate with no real consequences. They speak in the abstract (regime change, pressure campaigns, spreading democracy, liberating the people), while NEVER acknowledging what those words translate to on the ground.
Civil war.
Economic collapse.
Food shortages.
Mass displacement.
Bombs.
Poverty.
Immense loss of life.
Generations of trauma.
If you’re not a citizen of that country, you should be extremely careful advocating for regime change. If you don’t have to live through the aftermath…if your home won’t be bombed, your economy won’t collapse, your family won’t be caught in the chaos, then maybe you shouldn’t be so eager to demand it.
It’s easy to call for “liberation” when you won’t be the one paying the price.
And history shows that when the U.S. involves itself this way, it’s rarely the people who benefit. It’s strategic interests. It’s resources. It’s power. The civilians are left to pick up the pieces.
So when officials say they’re ready to “free” Iran, skepticism isn’t anti-American. It’s common sense.
Because history doesn’t suggest freedom. It suggests devastation.
Take Iran in 1953. The country had a democratically elected government under Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh.
His crime?
Nationalizing Iran’s oil so Iranians (not British corporations) could benefit from it. The CIA responded by overthrowing the government and installing the Shah, a dictator who ruled with an iron fist for 26 years. Iran became a police state. Dissidents were tortured, silenced, and disappeared. Democracy was crushed so Western powers could control and profit from Iranian oil.
That’s United States “liberation”.
Or take Iraq in 2003. Americans were told Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. He didn’t. But Iraqis believed the promises anyway. Many celebrated in the streets, hoping the U.S. invasion would bring stability and freedom.
Instead, the country was decimated. Civil society collapsed. Infrastructure was destroyed. Over a million Iraqis were killed between the invasion and its aftermath. When the U.S. finally “left,” Iraq fell into chaos, and ISIS was left in charge of large parts of the country.
Nearly $3 trillion in U.S. taxpayer money later, Iraq was left fractured and traumatized, with a TERRORIST organization in charge. Ask Iraqis today what they think of American liberation, and you’ll hear they deeply resent it.
This is the American definition of “freedom.”
It looks like:
Destroying countries.
Exploiting its citizens.
Stealing their natural resources (e.g. oil, gold, diamonds, etc).
Installing military regimes and security states.
With women and children paying the highest price.
Americans are indoctrinated into believing a fairy tale that the United States is a global superhero spreading democracy and freedom throughout the world.
This is achieved through the mainstream media (ie: Mockingbird “journalists”), the American “education” system”, and now, through the new “independent” media.
But reality tells a far darker story.
Washington has overthrown far more democratically elected governments than it has ever defended. And every time, it replaces them with repression, surveillance, and violence.
The only “democracy” the U.S. reliably exports comes out of the end of a rifle.
They lied about Vietnam.
They lied about Iraq.
They lied about Afghanistan, Syria, Libya, Venezuela, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Cuba, Panama, Nicaragua, and weapons of mass destruction.
But now we’re supposed to believe they’re telling the truth about Iran?
Not a chance.
It’s also worth stating the obvious: regime change doesn’t happen without boots on the ground. Afghanistan proved that even a 20-year occupation couldn’t “build a nation.”
And if they do end up deploying troops into Iran, there will be catastrophic consequences.
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