There isn’t a right or wrong answer here.
Geo-politically based on national interest/security and territorial integrity - they’re justified. It’s within their rights. However, based on humanity - bloodshed can’t be justified.
Anyway, that’s beside the point. I was just pointing out people’s hypocrisy and the penchant a lot of Americans have in trying to label anyone who doesn’t agree with America’s narrative of events as an “agent”. America is just a country on the planet (there are hundreds of other countries) and it hasn’t shown it has answers for anything in the past 60 yrs - apart from bombs. So, people have a right to disagree with the American narrative of events.