[Alberta's Child]

Good post. Thanks!

I suspect that the phrase "regime change" has its origins in some inside-the-Beltway think tank . . . by over-educated quasi-Marxists from New York City who have never had real jobs in their lives and who would convert to Islam before they'd ever dream of putting on a military uniform.

[sono]

You might, therefore, endorse the Hitchens Approach. The elephant in the room, however, still remains the Messianic Mahmoud's Nuclear Vision. How does the world deal with nuclear weapons for one who views "Mutual Assured Destruction" as a ticket to paradise.

[Marine_Uncle]

Your rather whimsical evaluation provides a moment of LOL, but as you wrote I am sure you realized regiem change has a rather long history. As for the think tanks, quite a few general officers grace their hallways and offices. And again, I do not rebut, because some of them have their heads up their butts.