US Middle East alliances have repeatedly thwarted democracy
Evidence
All of this illustrates that the United States has frequently chosen alliances with regimes and parties in the Middle East that have thwarted democracy. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 297
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: US foreign policy has never genuinely pursued Middle East democracy — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 206; US policy backed dictators and counterrevolution against the Arab Spring — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 580; US refusal to examine its own Mideast policies enabled future terrorism — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 267 (+8 more)
Broader Connections
- US foreign policy has never genuinely pursued Middle East democracy
#corroborates(0.90) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 206 - US policy backed dictators and counterrevolution against the Arab Spring
#corroborates(0.85) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 580 - Middle East oil control drives virtually every US regional intervention
#expands(0.75) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 268 - US officials pathologized Arab nationalists as unfit for democracy
#corroborates(0.70) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 207 - Iraq and Afghanistan wars aimed at Middle East oil dominance over rivals
#expands(0.70) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 417 - US universities produced Middle East knowledge specifically to serve imperial needs.
#expands(0.65) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 139 - US refusal to examine its own Mideast policies enabled future terrorism
#qualifies(0.60) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 267 - DHS imported Middle East sectarian divide-and-conquer strategy into US Muslim communities
#expands(0.60) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 410