The democratization of Iraq is proceeding. It took a lot longer to bring representative government back to Europe after WWII, and those countries had at least some experience with a duly elected head of state.
I don't know that we ever TRIED to democratize Saudi Arabia. We set up the most accommodating Bedouin who would look after our oil interests, and left them pretty much alone after that.
And the US hasn't intervened in China since Mao.
Any democratization effort coming from India is going to get a lot more rigorous criticism than I'm giving ...
>>The democratization of Iraq is proceeding.
Uh, OK.
You call the utter mess created by America's total incompetence "proceeding".
Sweetie, Iraq is lost, all America now has to work on are the terms of retreat and the level of humiliation.
India is following its own self interest in a pragmatic realpolitik manner, which all nationstates do, including America.
If India bolts because of a better offer (from whom) then that's the way the world works, if it's a temporary hookup then so be it.