Kurtulmus
At this point in time its more of positioning for survival establishing options for the coming storm, Anti-democratic is a misnomer is the values of equality that is progressive sometimes the majority do not respect the rights of the minority which could be fixed by the constitution. Economic inequality is a complex subject laissez faire requires the free market to distribute resource efficiently but than a civilization is measured by how well it takes care of its most vulnerable. Military invasions and foreign interventions is part of the Great Game as old as civilization and a topic which is too broad for this discussion. I agreed to stabilize the Middle East and not to impose my will on those who live there. You need to find your own solution and all we could do in the West is to provide the conditions for you to work thing out yourself. As you know by now I only interfere if thousands of lives are at risk and then I change the calculus.