> and that the main role of our military is to ensure that our ideology (liberal democracy) is protected across the world.
This is why the US military is partnered with all the Middle East democracies, like the one in Bahrain, or the one in UAE, or the one in Qatar…
There are not that many democracies in the Middle East. The US is allied with almost all of them.
Would you prefer democracy be delivered to those countries by force? If not, then accept the lesser evil.