Bringing Democracy to the World

Would it be cynical to think that the 2004 coup in Haiti is an example of the Democracy and Freedom we are trying to bring to the Middle East? Will the lot of Haitians be improved with their secret police persecuting and punishing anyone who questions or opposes this new regime WE helped install? What is different about Haiti and Iraq and Chili and Iran and Guatamala and Vietnam? One could also ask these same questions about Nicaragua, Yemen, Greece, Laos, Algeria, Dominican Republic, Indonesia, Sudan, Panama, and Grenada. All those coups, plus the failed one in Cuba, sought to depose leaders we, or rather our business leaders, didn't like. The more pertinent question is whether our meddling has made life better in ANY of these countries. I'd hate to defend the assertion that our meddling in the internal affairs of other countries has redounded to our best interest. I would argue confidently that it has not made the world a safer or better place. Someone might have the gall to argue that it has made life better for captains of the oil and banking industries as well as others. In the words of a famous hothead, "Bring it on!

Late update!! I forgot Venezuela! Are we trying to bring them "democracy" right now?