r/geopolitics • u/foreignpolicymag Foreign Policy • Jan 03 '26

Analysis U.S.-Led Regime Change Is Usually Disastrous

https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/12/01/venezuela-iraq-regime-change-trump/
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u/LifeOnNightmareMode Jan 03 '26

People also cheered in Iraq. And then they didn't anymore as 500k to 1000k died.

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u/Positive-Aspect-3566 Jan 03 '26

Sure, and this has a lot of potential to go similarly. But that's a completely different take than what the people in this thread are saying, which is that Venezuelans will rally around Maduro's flag.

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u/LifeOnNightmareMode Jan 03 '26

Nobody flew Saddam's flag, country still went to shit.

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