U.S. military collaboration with repressive base-host regimes contradicts its democracy rhetoric.

Evidence

There should be little surprise about the U.S. military’s close relationship with undemocratic Honduran governments responsible for murders, torture, and widespread human rights abuses, both in the 1980s and after the 2009 coup. Despite frequently invoking rhetoric about spreading democracy and maintaining peace and security, the U.S. government has often shown few qualms about collaborating with repressive regimes to maintain access to overseas bases. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 302

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 302
• XREF: connects to: US Middle East alliances have repeatedly thwarted democracy — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 297; Supporting repressive regimes gives the U.S. military incentive to block democratization.; Joint constraints on war are set by the less democratic member of a pair. — Gary Goertz, Social Science Concepts: A User’s Guide, 121 (+2 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: US Middle East alliances have repeatedly thwarted democracy — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 297; Supporting repressive regimes gives the U.S. military incentive to block democratization.; Joint constraints on war are set by the less democratic member of a pair. — Gary Goertz, Social Science Concepts: A User’s Guide, 121 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• US Middle East alliances have repeatedly thwarted democracy #corroborates (0.95) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 297
• Supporting repressive regimes gives the U.S. military incentive to block democratization. #expands (0.92)
• American global power was not achieved through deliberate imperialist foreign policy. #complicates (0.80) — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 31