> It was not a stable political system. And as such exactly the kind of situation which is very susceptible to external intervention/influence. For somebody wi

> It was not a stable political system. And as such exactly the kind of situation which is very susceptible to external intervention/influence. For somebody with ambitions like that, it's exactly the right time to get involved to influence the outcome, while somebody with no ambitions like that would most likely not get involved and wait for it to play out "naturally" and reassess their approach after that.