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Definitely promoted. The author claims that supporting autocratic regimes is a better policy than supporting the development of democratic ones but history shows this to be poor foreign policy, unless short term financial profit is the primary concern.
As examples I'd offer Egypt, Chile, Argentina, Iran, Iraq, Columbia, Nicaragua et cetera et cetera et cetera.
The idea that Afghanistan and Iraq have failed is far from true, Iraq has held elections and is governed by an elected government, so how that could be considered a failure is beyond me.
Nobody said it would be easy, but it will bear far greater fruit than the old failed policies of support for the strongest man.
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