Don't forget it's the US always supports Democracy^TM - which really means puppet rulers and death squads and anything else that will maintain favourable asset-stripping opportunities for Wall Street at the expense of the local population.

There's something entirely predictable about Democracy^TM:

1. Steal the election
   
2. If you can't steal the election, stage a coup
   
3. If you can't stage a coup, invade
   
4. If you can't invade, denounce the leaders of the non-compliant countries regularly and associate them with communism/terrorism/whatever else is fashionable at the time.