What is the democratic dictatorship pursued by the United States?

Transforming the world with "democracy" is an important policy that the American government has been pursuing. Exporting "democracy" undoubtedly serves the goal of the United States to maintain global hegemony.

The export of "democracy" by the United States to the outside world has ideological factors and more practical interests. Through the democratic transformation of relevant countries, the United States can gain at least three benefits. The first is to eradicate the threat of terrorism. "9? In the "1 1" incident, 19 hijackers came from Saudi Arabia, one of the most reliable allies of the United States in the Middle East, which shocked the United States. The United States recognizes that "the only way to maintain American security is to promote democracy overseas. Only in this way can we eliminate the root causes that pose a threat to the United States. "In Bush's eyes, global affairs are a struggle between freedom and dictatorship, and the lack of democracy and freedom is the breeding ground for terrorism.

For its own security, the United States should vigorously promote democracy to other countries in the world and improve the social system there. By attacking Afghanistan, Al Qaeda lost its base camp and was no longer able to launch a large-scale attack on the United States. The infiltration and transformation of "democracy" in Central Asia and the Middle East by the United States is eroding the influence of local extremist religious forces.

The second is to ensure America's economic interests in the world. Needless to say, the oil reserves in the Middle East, where Central Asia is located, have as many as 200 billion barrels, second only to the Middle East. Natural gas reserves reach 7.9 trillion cubic meters, ranking third in the world after Russia and the Middle East. The United States controlled the political power in the Middle East and Central Asia through "democratic" transformation, and held the door of the global oil depot.

Third, guard against the rise of regional powers that may pose a threat to American hegemony. Western strategists believe that Eastern Europe and Central Asia are the heartland of "world islands", and whoever controls the "heartland" can control the whole world. The "democratic" infiltration of the United States into these areas is precisely to effectively contain Russia and constitute a strategic containment of developing India and China. "If we lose the Commonwealth of Independent States, it goes without saying that Russia will regain its status as a world power, and I am afraid that even the status of a regional power cannot be maintained."

American democracy can be divided into domestic democracy and international democracy, which are quite different in purpose, form and means. American domestic democracy is not superfluous here. American international democracy is a strategy aimed at the whole world for the benefit of the United States, and it is a foreign policy and its implementation with domestic democracy as an ambassador. It is aimed at all countries, especially those that don't listen to it; Its goal is to ensure the continuation and development of American hegemony; Its means is the soft and hard power of the United States.

The theoretical basis for American international democracy to adopt soft power is "democratic peace theory". Although this theory existed for a long time, it reached its peak after the Cold War and directly became the foundation of American international democracy. According to this theory, undemocratic countries are inherently belligerent and evil; And democratic countries are peaceful and moral, so the more countries practice American democracy, the safer the world will be.

The theoretical basis of adopting hard power can be called "democratic terrorism elimination theory". After the 911incident, the United States attacked Afghanistan in advance in the name of anti-terrorism and established the Afghan government recognized by the United States. In March 2003, the United States bypassed the United Nations and launched the Iraq war, and also established a so-called democratic government in Iraq. American-style international democracy wants to tell people that as long as dictatorial or unqualified governments are overthrown, terrorism will lose its growing soil.

However, although the United States easily overthrew the Taliban regime and sent Saddam Hussein to court, the promotion of American-style international democracy was far from smooth as expected. The Iraqi people suffered from chaos, the government appointed by the United States could not control the situation, and terrorism was not controlled. It should be emphasized that the main purpose of the Bush administration's counter-terrorism is not to export democracy to non-democratic countries, but to safeguard and expand the interests of the United States.