@DrALJONES
Rings true, though I don't like to give that guy any points. /IF/ this is influencing US foreign policy, they should consider that for a former colony, you can't have democracy without some kind of nationalism, raising a national flag in defiance of colonial power was the first thing democrats in Norway did, when they got the chance.
I hope that the US will realise that for long term stability and prosperity, democracy beats playing power-games with religious rulers any day.