Way back in 2001 at the dawn of what was to be the “American Century,” the [[RAND Corporation]] noted that “…the demise, capture, or incapacitation of an enemy leader typically does not result in a favorable change in enemy [[policy]] or [[behavior]].” [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/08/strategies-of-hope-and-death-the-us-foreign-policy-establishment-banks-on-things-breaking-washingtons-way-once-leaders-of-china-iran-and-russia-eventually-die.html] | Way back in 2001 at the dawn of what was to be the “American Century,” the [[RAND Corporation]] noted that “…the demise, capture, or incapacitation of an enemy leader typically does not result in a favorable change in enemy [[policy]] or [[behavior]].” [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/08/strategies-of-hope-and-death-the-us-foreign-policy-establishment-banks-on-things-breaking-washingtons-way-once-leaders-of-china-iran-and-russia-eventually-die.html] |