>>212295797at the very best it's a half truth and ignores all the other examples where neither america or these gulf states had practically any involvement
and it's not like egypt was democratic before that
nasser overthrew a constitutional monarchy that had political elections and he wasnt democratic in the slightest
sadat allowed a bit more liberalization but he cracked down on opposition parties so im not sure you can really call egypt democratic then
and mubarak ruled by emergency powers
there is ZERO credibility that if the muslim brotherhood had gotten power they wouldnt have followed the exact same pattern as their predecessors (now why a liberal would want these guys in power is beyond me)