U.S. support for repression creates a cycle preventing democratization

Evidence

The result has been a pattern of U.S. support for violence and repression. Not surprisingly, this can also be a self-reinforcing cycle. As the protests at Soto Cano suggest, supporting repressive regimes builds resentment and opposition to the United States—which makes the eviction of U.S. bases all the more likely when countries do transition to democratic rule. Knowing this, the U.S. military has even more incentive to prevent that transition from taking place. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 310

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: US policy repeatedly wrecked democratic movements and installed dictators in MENA