(04-24-2016, 05:10 PM)Wolf Wrote: I think our messages are a little mixed here. On the international stage, are we supporting Democracy or are we simply supporting the status quo?

Taking power for yourself and calling it democracy doesn't actually make it democracy.

(04-24-2016, 05:36 PM)Wolf Wrote: That's ridiculous. Given the opportunity to change a region for the better we would support the status quo simply because it's "more legitimate"?

We shouldn't be in the business of taking a region and changing it into what we think is "better." I think you'll find that what's "better" isn't always what you think it is.

Democracy is not a top-down form of government. It's something that has to be made by the community as a whole. That's why I never considered the OFO legitimate in the first place, no matter how many elections they held. Coups can't be supported just because you like the outcome. The ends don't always justify the means.