1914: Austria tries to overthrow King of Serbia, which leads to World War I and millions dead. Epic Fail.

1917: Idiot schemers in German government give Vladimir Lenin safe passage from his Swiss exile back to Russia to overthrow the Russian Provisional Government and take Russia out of the war. Lenin succeeds, but then unleashes the worst regime in history on Russia—a regime that subsequently threatened all of Europe. Epic Fail.

1919-1920: Following World War I, punitive treaties formally dissolve Habsburg, Hohenzollern, and Ottoman regimes. Europe and the entire Middle East are further destabilized, leading directly to World War II. Epic Fail.

1963: CIA backs military coup to overthrow South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem, thereby deepening U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Epic Fail.

2001-2021: U.S. occupation of Afghanistan, resulting in tens of thousands dead, tens of thousands of traumatic brain injuries, and trillions spent, achieves nothing, leaves Taliban in power. Epic Fail.

2003: Overthrow of Saddam Hussein unleashes years of violence, chaos, and ISIS on Iraq and strengthens Iran. Epic Fail.

2011: U.S. leads military action to overthrow Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, unleashing a civil war and humanitarian crisis that persists to this day. Epic Fail.

2011-2026: U.S. support of Islamic terrorists to overthrow Bashar al-Assad of Syria thrusts country into years of civil war and unleashes a massive refugee crisis with catastrophic consequences for Europe. Epic Fail.

2014: U.S. National Endowment for Democracy (NED)—long suspected of being a CIA front organization—provides key support for Euromaidan protests that oust Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovich, who sought better relations with Russia to prevent Ukraine from being made into a NATO proxy. Epic Fail.

-- John Leake