This sort of behavior has been going on since forever (or the Truman Doctrine, whichever came first). See Charlie Wilson's War for Afghanistan specifically. Reading See No Evil by Robert Baer is also very enlightening. Generally, the foreign interventions are handled doesn't seem to be to be the fault of any specific administration but rather a consequence of systemic, structural problems in American politics, American military, and American Intelligence Services.
He has already replied by calling the magazine far left. My eyes just can't stop rolling.