Bull!@#$%^&*. I might want democracy, you might. But there are plenty of people who see other political systems as superior. Communism (not Stalinist Communism) offers equality, and many people see that as a very suitable choice for some countries. And saying that it was our interference that spurned democracy in eastern Europe is crap. The Soviet nation must have made living conditions horrible for those people. It's only natural that they ran as far away from that as possible. For example - when the US removed Saddam from power, many Iraqis rejoiced, because they were no longer to be oppressed (at least by that particular dictator); what happened later is just a poor course of action / !@#$%^&*ty turn of events. And I'd like to point out that it's not the US' responsibility "to bring democracy to the world." Doesn't that sound remarkably similar to a Jehova's Witness going door-to-door, trying to spread their message? !@#$%^&* imperialism - especially at this degree. -- Edit -- And where do you get off saying that it'll take people thousands of years to "realise democracy"? That's arrogance, IMO. That !@#$%^&*umes that all countries are heading towards democracy, which isn't always the case. For example - the US is heading away from democracy (go ahead, bite).