WARNING
After we destroyed the Japanese regime in WW II, WE wrote their constitution and installed a government that would be aligned with us.ย We must give very focused thought to what comes after the Iranian regime's navy, air force, missiles, and top leadership are destroyed.ย It still has a standing army, secret police, and an entire Islamist-supporting infrastructure.ย There are many approaches to dealing with this short of a democracy project or sending hundreds of thousands of soldiers.ย But to be clear, if a void is created and left there, and we do not fill it (perhaps with our allies) or significantly influence how it is tilled, it most definitely will be filled by the forces in Iran that remain from the old regime with the support of their allies, including China and Russia