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by Borrible 1576 days ago
Yes, because we all know what happens when the most competent nations try to topple regimes the cheap way with the help of The Company and its friends like say '53 in Teheran. In the end you have paranoid rulers that try to secure their position under all circumstances with secret police and else fun stuff. Which then causes riots and revolutions as a reaction. And the trouble you have then for decades, which is again advantageous for others, of course.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9ta...

Operation Ajax, how fitting. He also ended tragically in insanity.