This is a reasonable point to make as a consequentialist with 20/20 hindsight. But it's fair to value the act of getting freedom from oppressive regimes as a g

This is a reasonable point to make as a consequentialist with 20/20 hindsight. But it's fair to value the act of getting freedom from oppressive regimes as a good in itself independent of the power vacuum it creates. And it's fair to assess a movement based on its priors of a possible positive outcome, rather than the purely retrospectively once they haven't come to pass.