Originally Posted by
FlyerInOKC
It wasn't the first time or the last best intentions had unforeseen complications!
For example, when in 1953 the US engineered a coup against the democratic government of Mohammed Mossedegh of what was then called Persia, and re-installed the Shah, whose repressive regime and brutal Savak secret police so outraged the people that eventually Islamic fundamentalists were able to seize power...and continue to destabilize the entire region today. We sure shot our self in the foot on that one.