The message is: if you refuse to be our puppet state and play by our rules, we will destroy you for as long as it takes. Anyone who believes the US acts to pun

The message is: if you refuse to be our puppet state and play by our rules, we will destroy you for as long as it takes. Anyone who believes the US acts to punish evil authoritarians in defense of freedom and democracy is delusional. Look at our allies in the middle east.