John Mearsheimer
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2,303 appearances
7 recordings
5 series
first heard Nov 2023
last heard 28 May
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Very important what you just said.
But just to come at it from a slightly different perspective, you
You want to remember that we didn't do regime change in Venezuela.
All we did was take away Maduro and elevate the vice president to the presidency.
The regime remains in place.
What we tried to do in Iran was regime change.
Now, when we did regime change in the past, we had boots on the ground.
Remember Iraq?
Remember Afghanistan?
The last thing Trump wants to do is have boots on the ground.
He's not interested in engaging in social engineering.
That's why the protesters are so important.
They are, in effect, our boots on the ground.
But once that doesn't work,
Right.
Then you can't use American military power.
All this is to say there are great limits to what you can do with military power.
And this is something that I think Trump intuitively understands.
His predecessors did not understand that, which is why we invaded Iran.
I mean, excuse me.
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