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[–] toobaditworks 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Exactly: look how it is now.

They didn't like the US and UK taking over their country and it backfired. The CIA calls it "blowback".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowback_%28intelligence%29

Blowback is unintended consequences of a covert operation that are suffered by the aggressor. To the civilians suffering the blowback of covert operations, the effect typically manifests itself as “random” acts of political violence without a discernible, direct cause; because the public—in whose name the intelligence agency acted—are unaware of the effected secret attacks that provoked revenge (counter-attack) against them.

Iran coup blowback: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d'%C3%A9tat#Blowback