And the examples of Japan and Germany are perfect examples of why.
We forced democracy on them and it is flourishing.
You speak as if some people do not deserve liberty because they are Muslim.
I find it highly offensive. They deserve their freedom as much as you do and bringing freedom and economic opportunity to the Middle East is the only way to win the wider war on terror.
People won't be strapping bombs to themselves if they have a good job and a good life.
That's the responsibility of the world's only superpower, us.