I don't think the West brought on colonialism; Genghis Khan did that.
But, the West suffers for telling others what to do in ignorance of who they are and what they need.
That was the lesson of the Vietnam experience, I think: the solutions that work in suburban America may not work so good in other nations.
Same with "nation-building" in Iraq, from GWB who apparently slept through history class.
Look at Iran, we tried to make it more western back in the 60's and that failed we ended up with what we have now.
We are assuming Iran wants nukes, I get the feeling it wants to provide power for it's people, not sure if uranium enrichment is all about making weapons grade material, but separating used material so it can be re-used in reactors.
As we are not PC / Woke here, the next time someone from the church tries to lecture about morality and ethics, remind them of the child abuse that has taken place under their watch,