Bootless Allied Regime Change

A strategy for toppling or coercing an adversary that avoids U.S. ground forces by delegating kinetic, intelligence, and covert tasks to allied partners while providing enabling support (logistics, targeting, interceptors). It combines overt strikes on infrastructure with deniable proxy actions to keep U.S. political costs low while attempting to achieve strategic regime outcomes. — If adopted, this model changes the domestic political calculus of intervention, shifts operational risks onto allies, and raises questions about accountability, escalation control, and regional sovereignty.