Afghanistan is a good example. Yes, the West helped the country get rid of the Russians, supporting the Taliban that opposed them. Gosh, even All-American superhero Rambo was fighting on their side at the time!   How things have changed... Now the West is fighting against the Taliban they once helped bring to power.   And wasn't the IS founded in the aftermath of the 2003 US invasion of Iraq?   History teaches that overthrowing a dictatorship almost always leads to the establishment of an even worse dictatorship.