US foreign policy has never genuinely pursued Middle East democracy

Evidence

In reality, the United States has never had an interest in bringing democracy to the people of the Middle East, or to any other people for that matter. If anything, it has a long and sordid record of wrecking democratic movements and replacing them with dictatorships. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 206

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: US Middle East alliances have repeatedly thwarted democracy — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 297; US universities produced Middle East knowledge specifically to serve imperial needs. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 139; Iraq and Afghanistan wars aimed at Middle East oil dominance over rivals — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 417 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Iraq and Afghanistan wars aimed at Middle East oil dominance over rivals #contradicts (0.55) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 417