> it is actually true that they are aligned against a secular international order with associated freedom of religion, among many other freedoms Yes—there was

> it is actually true that they are aligned against a secular international order with associated freedom of religion, among many other freedoms Yes—there was at that time, and there remains to this day, a strong criticism of the US in that part of the world that it is a “decadent” society—which is really another way of saying that there are many freedoms that people avail themselves of that they disagree with.