You get what you pay for (#1 and #2)

Chart based on statistics from the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development.

 

But our hands are clean #1

Each thumbprint on the globe is an instance of a U.S.-backed regime change attempt during the Cold War (1947-1989), based on research by Lindsey A. O'Rourke in her book "Covert Regime Change: America's Secret Cold War."

 

But our hands are clean #2

One memory in particular

The Lost Clause