[dimator]

how does this do anything except strengthen the resolve of those thugs in power? even those against the regime will want retribution for an attack on their home land.

regime change has never worked, not with actual boots on the ground, let alone targeted air strikes.

[throwaway447573]

I don't see Hitler and Mussolini's grandsons ruling Germany and Italy.

[icepush]

Believe it or not, Mussolini's granddaughter is a fairly influential former politician within Italy

[portaouflop]

Anecdotally Mussolini’s granddaughter has been a member of both houses of the Italian Parliament as well as the European Parliament.

[UncleMeat]

Germany was split in half for 45 years. The Marshall Plan was the largest economic development operation in history. Meanwhile, the GOP has decided that the entire concept of foreign economic aid is bad because a theater somewhere was too woke.

Regime change and nation building worked so well in Afghanistan and Iraq. Onward to more death and suffering, I guess.

[nomat]

how much did it cost to rebuild germany? and how many trillions did we flush down the drain attempting to put together a functioning government in iraq and afghanistan?

where is DOGE when you actually need them?

[spacecadet]

Are they not there DOGE-ing as we speak?! lol.

[dlahoda]

yugoslavia?

[xoac]

The bombing campaign united the people against the new enemy: “the west”, and arguably gave Milosevic some more time to rule. I survived this, trust me that even if your regime is shit, people don’t want to be bombed and will unite against the aggressor. This is in part because even if the aggressor claims that they are “bombing the regime” they are usually in fact bombing the country’s infrastructure, industry, urban areas etc.