You know what, he did back terrorist groups in Libya, and Syria, calling them Freedom Fighters or some such, after denying the Iranians support for the same thing.
The guy wasn’t even consistent.
Inconsistent ? Oh yeah. Back the state in Iran. Back the rebels in Syria. Back the state in Ukraine. Back the rebels in Libya. It was all about pipelines, oil wells and oligarchs. Liberty ? Peace ? Freedom ? Democracy ? Screw that, the Deep State needs some juice baby.