> Same about 1990s Russia: the west hoped a new economic system would lead to political freedom. Wishful thinking? > The exact same kind of thinking the led US

> Same about 1990s Russia: the west hoped a new economic system would lead to political freedom. Wishful thinking? > The exact same kind of thinking the led US to invade Irak. Encouraging (maybe there's a better word to use) a different way of running a foreign economy to bring about political change is not the exact same kind of thinking as overthrowing a foreign government to bring about political change. Yeah, there is the belief that political change needs to happen, but in practice these things are very different.