Classic removal of agency from real revolutions to avoid thinking critically about the real problems a country has, and instead blame a foreign boogeyman.
A favorite tactic of authoritarian regimes and the tankies that love them.
A favorite tactic of authoritarian regimes and the tankies that love them.
On the other hand, if a foreign country really wanted to destabilize you, can they do anything better than to exploit real grievances of the local population?
There are just as many examples of national identity being forged in war than there are it being removed.
For example, Russian-speaking Ukrainians in eastern Ukraine had no affinity for Kyiv and didn't think of themselves as Ukrainian before Russia invaded. Now they do.
Nope. The myth of parachuting into a country and overthrowing a government is just that.