Two wrongs don't make a right, but I think it's a valid question to ask if the argument is purely about the freedom of countries to make their own decisions.
The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities | SOAS University of London
Mearsheimer's "NATO example" concerning Russia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni9rncx8ceA&t=2807
Earlier he also lists failed attempts to bring liberal democracy to other countries that ended in disaster and then states:
> " .. the Americans have foolishly driven the Russians into the arms of the Chinese .."
They did have an intelligence base in Cuba until 2002, and I don't believe anyone particularly cared.