Spot on, Ebbie. Mobuto in Zaire comes to mind. Pretty much installed by American interests, but even when the US administration came to see what a monster he was, the official line was that it was for the Zaireans to sort the problem. Is the US about to become the first free democracy to interfere with main force in the internal affairs of a sovereign state?

CarolC, I think there is some merit in Teribus's reasononing, but that was an instructive item re Milosovic that you linked to, for which thanks.