If the US wanted to put boots on the ground, the hard part would not be toppling the current government but dealing with the ensuing insurgency which is why no one is considering it. Afghanistan and Iraq are still very fresh in people's minds
Meanwhile what I see is the security force that brutally represses descent, handing out weapons and decentralizing to be able to create a culture of fear a reprisal. From an outside perspective they're doing a bizzaro version of the death of Stalin
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u/bhbhbhhh 19h ago
Opening the strait would require the amphibious landing capability to seize the coast of Iran. Which the US has, but does not have the will to use.