>>8488It's also a plainly bullshit way to advance social progress.
By all rights economic development and higher education are the keys, and those come through effective public policy and fair trade deals, yet they claim progress can come at the barrel of a gun. We saw in Afghanistan and Libya how horribly that backfired. Doesn't help that the US/Europe have continuously murdered all the liberal/secular leaders in the Middle East in favor of religious fundamentalists. Like how can you be close allies with Saudi Arabia and give them a bunch of money and weapons and then claim to care about gay rights lol.