Why has the US supported the destruction/refused to acknowledge virtually every Muslim democracy in the Middle

Question

East?

You should research the US history of interfering for selfish gain.

You should also research who sold the chemical weapons (eg poison gas) that Saddam used to massacre the Kurds.

Answer 1

Muslim democracy in the Middle East? There are non except for Iraq, now. We support Turkey which is a Muslim democracy outside of the Middle East................

Answer 2

The U.S likes to pick and choose their democracies, as you know. Hamas is the democratically elected government of the Palestinian Territories, for instance; yet the U.S has deemed Hamas "undesirable" and refuses to acknowledge its legitimacy.
The U.S. has been very fond, in the past, of supporting insurgents against legitimate leftist governments in South America. If it weren't for the mess in Iraq, I'd be willing to bet we'd be involved in an attempted overthrow of the Chavez regime in Venezuela.
End of story: the United States only supports "democracy" when that democracy benfits the United States....or Israel.

Edit: I believe that KJ was referring to democracies in predominantly Muslim countries, NOT the likes of Saudi Arabia, which is certainly a theocracy.

Edit: Jesus, I can't believe that Henry VIII has mentioned "Turkiye", "good" and "democracy" all in the same breath. Those vile Turks have caused more strife, killing and violence in the Middle East than every other nation there combined.

Answer 3

The US was instrumental in neutering Nasser's pan-arabism.
They buried Mossadegh's Persian nationalism.
Trained the Mujahadeen.
Deposed the resistance to the Nazis in Greece and put fascists in power.
Paid for the formation and initial training of Hamas to fight the PLO, now that Hamas has been democratically elected they are not recognized.
Used Lebanon as a proxy battlefield.
Supported Saddam Hussein.
Support dictators in the region and help them pretend they are democratic (i.e Musharaf, Mubarak, etc)

The US wanted nationalists out because it saw them as Socialists. So they supported every Islamist and Monarchist they could find and trained them against the nationalists.

The Arabs have plenty of reasons to be pissed off with the US and UK

Answer 4

I thought that Islam and democracy were mutually incompatible. Selling arms, etc. to the wrong people seems to be a weakness in the US foreign policy.

Answer 5

God, these people are stupid. I assume the questioner was using the term 'Muslim Democracy' as a shorthand to refer to democracies with a majority Muslim population eg Lebanon.

Answer 6

because Islam is not christianity, and they are sitting on a lot of oil in the Middle East. It has little to do w/ democracy, and more to do w/ Religious dogma. (if you notice too, it's the Republican presidents who do this.).

Answer 7

Has there ever been a democracy in the Middle East?

Answer 8

The USA is not alone. All so-called democracies care just about money. Nothing else matters.

Answer 9

Because they only support democracy if people vote for whoever the cons say they should vote for. If they vote for someone the cons dont like then the US will use force against them. In reality it means that people go to the voting boxes with American guns pointed to their heads

Answer 10

The British were the first to use chemical weapons (white phosphorus) in history. The used it to end a civil war in Iraq in the 1920's.

There are no Muslim democracies, they are Theocracies. Maybe YOU should learn a little about Civics.

However to answer your question, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Jordon, Egypt, Yemen, UAE, Pakistan, Oman, etc etc etc are all supported by the US... not to mention the list of Muslim countries in Africa and Europe that Americans gave their lives in support of Muslim people.