[pkphilip]

US has done "regime change" in many countries replacing elected officials with warlords/monarchs/dictators etc.

Consider Mossadegh in Iran - an elected, secular politician who was replaced to put Shah - a monarch, in power:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Mosaddegh

Then, of course, all across Latin America: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_r...

[seanmcdirmid]

Yes, but the linked story was about Saudi Arabia, not Iran or Latin America.

[pkphilip]

I was replying broadly on the issue of regime change