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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Israel gains relatively little from creating a power vacuum in Iran that will likely just be filled by another Israel-hating regime.

Exactly.

They gain much more by destroying Ming the current regime’s ability to attack Israel.

Agreed. If this could be achieved without dragging the rest of us in an Iraq-like war. It might be possible but I don't trust the current Israeli leadership to act in a way that achieves it. Especially given their PM said straight up he's up to toppling the regime couple of days ago.

No one is forcing Iran’s dictators to remain dictators.

If that were possible, it would have likely happened already given how long this regime has stayed in power. It's also very unlikely that it's 5 guys in rags after so many decades, so even if they go crazy, the remainder would likely say fuck that and replace them. I think it's much more useful to look at people as automatons whose actions are driven by the systems they exist in, than to consider them as free actors.