re: I was told Boots on the Ground were needed to defeat Iran?

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how are "we" im (sic) full control of venezuela?
be specific
hint - you won't

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We own that oil.

Are we issuing contracts to exploration companies to extract the oil?

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Define regime

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A regime is a system of government or political organization that defines how a state is ruled, how officials gain power, and the rules governing state interaction with citizens. More permanent than a specific administration but less than the state itself, it includes democratic, authoritarian, and hybrid types.

Key aspects of a regime include:

System of Rule: It refers to the set of rules, norms, and institutions that determine how power is exercised.

Structure: It establishes how leaders are selected and how decisions are made.

Connotation: Often used negatively to describe authoritarian, repressive, or unrepresentative governments.

Stability: Regimes are considered more enduring than a single "government" or "administration".

Usage: Frequently applied to describe the period of rule by a specific leader or group (e.g., "the military regime")

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In politics, a regime (also spelled régime) is a system of political organization that determines access to public office, and the extent of power held by officials. A regime is generally more permanent than a government, but less permanent than the state.[2] Political scientists often categorize regimes as being democratic, autocratic, or hybrid.[3][4][5] A regime can also refer to a set of enduring practices that transcend a single government, such as a regulatory regime or an apartheid regime.[6]

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In contemporary academic discourse, the term "regime" is used more broadly than in popular or journalistic contexts. It refers to "an intermediate stratum between the government, which is responsible for day-to-day decision-making and can be changed relatively easily, and the state, which encompasses a complex bureaucracy tasked with a wide range of coercive and administrative functions".[10] In global studies and international relations, the concept of regime is also used to name international regulatory agencies (for example, international regime), which lie outside of the control of national governments. Some authors thus distinguish analytically between institutions and regimes while recognizing that they are bound up with each other:

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Institutions as we describe them are publicly enacted, relatively-enduring bodies of practice, procedures and norms, ranging from formalized legal entities such as the WTO to more informal but legally-buttressed and abiding sets of practices and regimes such as the liberal capitalist market. The key phrases here are 'publicly enacted' and 'relatively enduring'. The phrase 'publicly enacted' in this sense implies active projection, legal sanction, and often as not, some kind of opposition.[11]

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It is common to tie an individual or ideology to a government regime, for example Russia under Vladimir Putin or China's Communist regime. Regimes can thus be defined as sets of protocols and norms embedded either in institutions or institutionalized practices – formal such as states or informal such as the "liberal trade regime" – that are publicly enacted and relatively enduring.[11]

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Because of how often they're right, like with how boots on the ground would be required for regime change? Because I was right and the conflict showed that.

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I think all of you fail at this immediately out of the gate because none of you have even suggested the idea of defining what “regime” means in the specific context of this situation.

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For example in your case, if the janitor who was employed by the dearly departed Ayatollah to personally clean his shitter is part of “the regime.”

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Why are you concerned with total regime change? I

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As of March/April 2026, Donald Trump claimed that "regime change" in Iran had already been somewhat achieved f

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