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James VII (of Scotland) and James II (of England) became king in 1685 and was overthrown in the same year.
And a confluent NYT editorial concludes Hussein cannot be overthrown without an American invasion and occupation.
Such was the subsequent dismay among reactionary factions at this sign of weakness that the Tokugawa shogunate was soon overthrown.
In Israel, Ha'aretz reported Wednesday that, in the view of the Israeli defense establishment, the Iranian theocracy is still not in serious danger of being toppled, but that if it were overthrown, it would have enormous implications for the entire Middle East.
In the quiz, Bush had failed to name three of those leaders and had asserted that the leader of Pakistan, a general who had overthrown the country's elected government, recently "took over office … is going to bring stability to the country, and I think that's good news for the subcontinent."