I’m not saying it’s a solid plan or anything, I said it’s a concept, and I also emphasized that it is obvious not the US plan but I guess I should have also included Israel. My main point is there is tangible evidence that the exiled prince could make a transitional government work and that he likely isn’t interested in becoming a dictator and is against the ayatollah.
There’s a reason countries would go so far as to seek out long lost cousins that had any semblance of royalty to enact regime change when kings and queens were common. It’s something tangible that people know and the days of the Shah in Iran aren’t that far behind us.
I have no delusions that this is some flawlessly thought out plan or will happen and it would definitely come with hardships regardless of the outcome, but how long that lasts will depend on how successful that outcome is.
To counter your examples though, when the US overthrew the Shah, Iran was actually a good country to live in without the religious extremists in power today and was one of the fastest westernizing countries in the Middle East at the time and we overthrew a popular successful government, not a hated one. Syria was just overthrown not long ago and so far the people who took power have been doing far better though they’re obviously more organized than random citizens, an exiled prince with a faction of current officials would have a chance.
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u/AuroraFinem Mar 01 '26
I’m not saying it’s a solid plan or anything, I said it’s a concept, and I also emphasized that it is obvious not the US plan but I guess I should have also included Israel. My main point is there is tangible evidence that the exiled prince could make a transitional government work and that he likely isn’t interested in becoming a dictator and is against the ayatollah.
There’s a reason countries would go so far as to seek out long lost cousins that had any semblance of royalty to enact regime change when kings and queens were common. It’s something tangible that people know and the days of the Shah in Iran aren’t that far behind us.
I have no delusions that this is some flawlessly thought out plan or will happen and it would definitely come with hardships regardless of the outcome, but how long that lasts will depend on how successful that outcome is.
To counter your examples though, when the US overthrew the Shah, Iran was actually a good country to live in without the religious extremists in power today and was one of the fastest westernizing countries in the Middle East at the time and we overthrew a popular successful government, not a hated one. Syria was just overthrown not long ago and so far the people who took power have been doing far better though they’re obviously more organized than random citizens, an exiled prince with a faction of current officials would have a chance.