CIA and State Dept have almost without exception, from 1940's, had policy of destroying "European colonialism," replacing pro-Western regimes with those loyal to international socialism. Few know this, even conservatives; lies of Chomsky and leftacademia widely believed...
"We need to promote communism to defeat the communists who somehow seem to keep gaining ground." The observation that this might not be accidental is not new. It's what McCarthy said in the 50s.