The shareholders were pissed, but fuck 'em - they did it anyway. General concensus is that this was the right thing to do for the good of the country.

A middle eastern country fails. People voice heavy concerns about other governments moving in and taking over. Indeed, you can't even imagiine such a thing occuring.

Countries used to love annexing and occupying weaker and more inept countries back in the day, but now we have people saying that you can't just impinge on a people's 'sovreignity', like it'd be okay to just let a nation tear itself apart because they can do what they like with their nation.

Question: Is this a valid comparison to draw?