... and more democratic than several countries we're quite buddy-buddy with (Saudi Arabia comes to mind immediately). "Isn't sufficiently democratic" is not and

... and more democratic than several countries we're quite buddy-buddy with (Saudi Arabia comes to mind immediately). "Isn't sufficiently democratic" is not and has never been a reason we're sanctioning them. Their seizing capital (including, IIRC, foreign-owned), cold war proxy bullshit, and domestic politics (a bunch of Cuban ex-capitalists ended up in Florida) are the reasons, I'm pretty sure.