You're free to choose (if you choose us)

In a follow up to my previous post, The Washington Post today has a story titled Terrorism Tempers National Moves to Openness." One segment of the article discusses Kuwaiti political movements, and discusses (somewhat inadvertently) the severe repression of the people by the current government (which was put back in power by the U.S.) The article talks about the conservative Islamic movements (e.g., the Kuwait University Student Union and the Muslim Brotherhood) that are leading factions pushing for democratic involvement in the country. Since the U.S. put the current regime back into power, the only conclusion possible is that the U.S. supports democracy only when it happens to support the U.S. government's agenda. When it doesn't, dictatorship and oppression are considered to be preferrable.