If you have a good thesaurus, look up diplomacy and statesmanship. Neither of those qualities are evident when a leader or nation exercises unilateral decisions with impunity.

This administration has claimed democracy as one of its reasons to defy world opinion and sovereign authority. If you look up democracy, in your thesaurus, you will discover that true democracy cannot be installed or forced on a society from the outside. Pure democracy does not guarantee freedom of all members of society. A simple one tenth percent majority can theoretically enslave forty nine and nine tenths percent of its people. When a narrow majority attempts to rule without considering the fairness of its rule, rebellion erupts and you have chaos like the Middle East is now in.

Our Constitution does not guarantee pure democracy. It very clearly makes provisions that prevent a simple majority from ignoring the rights or needs of a minority. It isn't hard, at all, to interpret the amendment that precludes religion (majority, Christian, or otherwise) from being a deciding factor in government. It clearly delineates the procedures that maintain a balance of powers between the branches of government. It states the procedures that must be followed to allow any one of the branches to override the others. The appellate system, as set up by the constitution, is not served well by ideological divides of the Justices. The decisions are supposed to be based only on constitutional interpretation, not personal preference or ideology. If either of the other branches disagree with the courts interpretation, there are provisions outlined to override the courts. Amendment!

Our Constitution, which has sustained a workable democracy is a complicated system that requires diligence by all branches of our government and the general population, if it is to survive another couple hundred years.