You're claiming that Iraqi's were so happy under Saddam's reign, that some even fought for him?
A lot of Iraqi's were a big fan of toppling Saddam.
Note : not saying it was a good idea with what we know now.
And about Serbia. The bombing from "NATO" with a focus on military targets made it possible for it's population to overthrow Milosevic by the citizens a year later.
The boots on the ground in this case were the Serbs themselves. From my POV, NATO only provided air-support for them.
The real problem with statements like that is that we can say it about literally any leader.
Those were idiots under the hype of a wannabe dictator with propaganda influence very similar to Russia.
Great video about it here: https://www.vox.com/2018/8/31/17804104/strikethrough-lies-pr...
Yes, we get our share of Emperor Nortons [1] and sovereign citizens [2]. Those aren't coups. At best, they're idiotically-attempted coups.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Norton
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_citizen_movement
I am tempted to add an image of Jack Sparrow saying, But you've heard of me.
That aside, US would not fall for a coup because of the strong institutions in place. But these places are not that mature in its institutions. So they would fall. It doesn't mean that a similar sentiment is not present in US. And for all the talk of the freedom and democracy US always prefers demagogues and dictators in other parts of the world, as long as US can control them.
The Capitol insurgency and the stop the steal was pretty popular, but it is not a reason for another country to lie and invade this place. Same should have been applied to Iraq. That's all.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_green_men_(Russo-Ukra...