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		sph 16 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is killed in Israeli... This is prime cherry-picked propaganda bullshit. What about Augusto Pinochet, to name drop a counterexample? How did that work out for the Chilean people? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto_Pinochet#U.S._backing_...

TulliusCicero 16 days ago [–]

Okay, then how about Japan and West Germany?

It's almost like whether "regime change" works or not depends on the specifics. It's not something that can be universally generalized.

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