Yes, but with one change: Stand by them when times get tough like Russia and China instead of stabbing them in the back like our politicians. But thinking about it that won't ever happen either. We're just too squeamish to stand by our dictators when they do what's necessary. So maybe there are no good options. I get that you're saying we should stay out of foreign adventures and you're correct, but for all of Bush 43's fuckups he pretty much inherited 9/11. There's no realistic timeline where he does nothing in response. So the question becomes how he should have handled it.