Another scenario is an anti-regime technocratic US-backed government takeover, which could trigger an insurgency by former regime elements—the Iraq problem where Ba'athists kicked out then mounting insurgency against the new government.

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Rory Stewart

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anti-regime government takeover...technocratic US-backed government takeover...the former regime elements...starting their own insurgency. That's the Iraq problem...The Ba'athists are kicked out...the former Saddam loyalists mounting a tiny insurgency against the government.

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Why Trump's Iran Attack Is Even Worse Than You ThinkThe Rest Is Politics
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:21:24 PM

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