Difference between revisions of "Regime change"

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Regime change refers to a fundamental alteration in a form of government. It does not refer to changes of personalities occupying high office.

For example, the regime in the United States is the Constitution which embodies the U.S. system of government. Regime change differs from a change of administration, which continues under the same constitutional restrictions and regime. People who call for "regime change" in the United States are not only uninformed politically, or engaged in hyperbole, they are actually calling for the overthrow of the U.S Government and Constitution.

By contrast, France has suffered no less than five regime changes since the French Revolution (six actually, counting the Vichy regime).

German, Russian, and Iraqi examples

More successful historical regime changes occurred in Germany for example in 1919, when the monarchy abdicated and a Republic was established; or the collapse of single-party Democratic Socialism in Russia in 1992 and the establishment of open elections and a parliament; or the removal of the dictator Saddam Hussein in Iraq in 2003 and establishment of a parliamentary democracy.

It should be noted, many extreme leftists in the United States vehemently opposed the establishment of a parliament democracy in Iraq and supported Iraqi fascism. As of 2018, the new Iraqi regime has survived 15 years as a participatory democracy with universal sufferage.

Libyan catastrophy

Regime change always has serious long-term term consequences for a nation, its neighboring countries, and the world at large. For this reason, discussion of regime change should never be handled cavalierly.

For example, when President Donald Trump rescinded the Iran nuclear deal, he made it clear the objective was not regime change.

By contrast, the Obama administration, Barack Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power secured a U.N. Resolution to establish a No-fly zone during the Libyan uprising. To do so, assurances were made to Russia and China that the objective was not regime change. Neither Russia nor China vetoed the Security Council Resolution, which was within their power to do so. While touting the action as "humanitarian" to global media, the real objective was to promote Hillary Clinton as a great world leader by secretly pursuing regime change and the overthrow Muammar Gaddafi.

The results were catastrophic: (1) slave markets were set up in the new regime Clinton and Obama created; {2) a tide of three million displaced persons invaded Europe; (3) a breakdown in international Superpower relations as Russia and China vowed to never trust American leaders' promises and assurances again.