Props to Great Britain and France for releasing their overseas mandates and territories in the middle of the Cold War, paving the way for all these dictatorships.
I'd rather say they "realesed" their mandate, looked if the man taking power was more concerned by their interest or to those of its people. Then cut off his head (lumumba,sankara,etc) if it was the second case. So more like just putting dictatorship in their ex-colonies.
I usually strongly disagree with Obeyrn post but his first two post made lot of sense. There's clearly a big hypocrisy in Sunni muslim, cliaming to big one big brotherhood when it's about giving weapons but are no where to be found when it's about welcoming refugee, pointing out that is not being islamophob.