“There is no history … that shows an air campaign alone will result in positive regime change. In fact, there's not a single example of it in the entirety of American history.”
What PolitiFact found
Although some U.S. airstrikes have helped improve political conditions, experts said airstrikes alone are generally not enough to bring about regime change. Usually, airstrikes combined with ground troops have a better likelihood of regime change success.
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In short
Chris Murphy (U.S. senator, D-Conn.) made this claim around 1 March 2026. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 2 March 2026, 1 day later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
Chris Murphy has 10 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 3 of them false or fake, 6 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- cbsnews.comhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/chris-murphy-connecticut-democrat-face-the-nation-transcript…
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