Why is wishing for "regime change" taboo?? nt

[LAS14]

[Me.]

1. Putin Certainly Doesn't Regard It As Such

How many hit squads has he sent after Zelensky? What about Crimea? THe US media needs to start using some smarts and get off the anti-Biden high.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. Because it's associated with Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya.

Some times regime change is warranted. Some times it isn't. In this instance it is.

[Act_of_Reparation]

3. Because it is escalatory.

[Sympthsical]

7. This is the simplest, most accurate answer

Even if we think he should be gone, we do not say so on the international stage so as to avoid escalating the stakes of the conflict. The last thing we want is more cause for Putin to dig in. What we want to do is allow him an exit, potentially with some light face-saving.

The President's statement does the opposite.

When the Biden administration has been so careful in calibrating our response with our allies, that was a, "No, no, no, no, no, don't say that," moment.

[walkingman]

4. As the previous post have said...because of the US history of "regime change" and because

it would be "escalatory". Let's face the facts...because Russia is a nuclear power and the threat of regime change just heightens the prospect of a expanding war.

[anarch]

5. only if you're a "world leader;" I myself must have said the same thing a thousand times

about the previous U.S. administration--"for the love of God, this guy cannot remain in power!" but nobody cares when I say things like that, because I am not president of anything. When you command a large military force and say things like that, people feel threatened I guess.

[Wingus Dingus]

6. Russia tried a soft form of regime change here via interference with our

elections and politicians. Can't really say you're doing it out loud. The US does not have a policy of regime change in Russia, officially. It's an irresponsible thing to say by a President.