> Israeli and U.S. leaders have voiced hopes they would trigger an uprising, but Reuters found no evidence one was imminent
I cannot imagine where they thought this uprising was supposed to come from. Plenty of Iranians are unhappy about the current regime, but that doesn't mean they've got a new one prepared to replace it.
Even in Iraq and Afghanistan we started with at least a rough idea of what followed a regime change. In both cases it was corrupt and ill thought out, but at least it existed.
I cannot imagine where they thought this uprising was supposed to come from. Plenty of Iranians are unhappy about the current regime, but that doesn't mean they've got a new one prepared to replace it.
Even in Iraq and Afghanistan we started with at least a rough idea of what followed a regime change. In both cases it was corrupt and ill thought out, but at least it existed.