The Collapse of the American Empire, page-1674

The USA purports to be the advocate/enforcer of
democracy and I guess it can be seen as hypocritical
when it supports Authoritarian regimes for US economic
benefits, EG: Saudi Arabia & many authoritarian regimes in
the petro States.

For the USA it would seem like" the end justifies the means"
thereby sidelining democracy for capitalist gains, particularly in the M/E