Paul M. Krueger

A history of interventionism by western powers post World War II:

December 2, 1950: Premier of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Kim Il Sung surrenders to Republic of Korea President Syngman Rhee following the successful Inchon landing by UN forces. The reunified Republic of Korea went on to be a military and economic leader in the region in the years that followed.

September 17, 1967: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Republic of Vietnam President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu as he accepts the full and complete surrender of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam by President Hồ Chí Minh effectively ending the Vietnam War and leading to the decline of Communism and rise of peace in Southeast Asia.

February 16 , 2002: US and NATO delegates attend the surrender of the Taliban to the newly appointed Republic of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai following the overwhelming defeat of al-Qaeda in Tora Bora beginning a new era of enduring freedom in Afghanistan.

July 7, 2003: Saddam Hussein resigns as President of Iraq and surrenders to U.S. President George W. Bush and U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair after relinquishing his illegal WMDs which opened Iraq to international oil trade and ushered in prosperity and stability in the Middle East.

So as you can see, every time we’ve initiated a policy of regime change, it has been a complete success…

Except none of that happened. These are obviously AI generated images. Every single one of regime changes has ended in strategic failure and political quagmires resulting in continued regional unrest, ongoing nuclear instability, ineffective occupations and in two cases, defeat.

The cost of US lives in all of these failures:

Korea: 36,574

Vietnam: 58,220

Iraq: 4,492

Afghanistan: 2,325

Venezuela: TBD

Iran: TBD (at least 4 so far)

Total: 101,615

But by all means, let’s go with Operation Epstein Distraction. I’m sure there will be NO blowback from this in any way at all.

“Those who don’t study history are doomed to repeat it. Yet those who 𝘥𝘰 study history are doomed to stand by helplessly while everyone else repeats it.”

-Tom Toro