VoR Debate: What claim does America have to global dominance? - News - VoR Debate - Voice of Russia UK, Voice of Russia - UK Edition
“This talk about America being a beacon of freedom, helping spread
democracy – this is just an ideological framework to justify American
foreign policy abroad. During colonial periods, in Western Europe there
was the white man’s burden, there was the mission of civilising the
world and today the United States has the mission of spreading
democracy, but in practice, the proof is in the pudding. You can see
that the United States has been one of the biggest obstructions to
democracy in the Middle East – supporting the House of Saud in Saudi
Arabia, the Al Khalifa family in Bahrain which uses tanks against
peaceful protesters…”
