The neocons were/are insane with the “bring democracy” to the Middle-East nonsense. It has moved over to the democratic party with McCain & Graham bringing the infection to them. Politics in the USA is a sort of like looking at a funhouse mirror....everything is distorted.
Middle East democracy would not work without a “demos” (people) that is beyond being crazy.
It worked great on a Judeo-Christian foundation.
Trying to get it to operate with a crowd whose deepest joy is to hoot for the destruction wrought by Allah... no fly zone here. They do far better with a king who has at least enough sense not to go in for the worst of Islam.