[floralhangnail]

In an alternate timeline, maybe he would have become more of a dangerous liability, but I think it would have been cheaper for the CIA to overthrow him in any case

[shigawire]

The CIAs track record here is terrible. It basically only succeeds if there is already a viable opposition that it can hand bags of cash.

It can't create regime change out of nothing, despite what it's detractors and its own propaganda might claim.