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Iran's government needed toppling, but the ends do not justify the means. How you do something is just as important as what you're doing, and this is being done in a horrible, unjustifiable way for deeply nefarious reasons, and the fact that some sort of good may come of it (though that remains yet to be seen) does not excuse the fact that most of it is really, really bad.
There will be no good from this.. there's no justification for killing thousands and thousands of innocent civilians.
This will be just like the Palestinian genocide.
There's no plan other than bomb and kill.
With transparency and plans for transitioning out of violence after success/phases
No, countries should not go around invading other countries to effect regime change, regardless of how evil the leadership of that country may be. Change must necessarily come from the people, not foreign interests acting first and foremost for themselves. Time and time again toppling regimes has been the justification used to engage in wanton death and destruction, all the while being a pretense for something else. Just no. It needs to fucking stop.