My guess is because Russia is not, and never has been a democratic country, and perhaps there are many nuanced conflicts regarding that difference that im not educated enough to understand or find.
So to sum it up, my point is, when it comes forming alliances, US is willing to overlook democracy. I don't know why you're bringing up invasion.
Also, as an aside, if a country is not democratic, that doesn't give US right to invade it and you don't get to justify it.
> if a country is not democratic, that doesn't give US right to invade it and you don't get to justify it
You made up something here, that nobody disputes, attributed to an unnamed set of opponents, and denied it. This is messed up. You should not be doing that in a reasonable discussion.
That was literally my point. GP said one reason Russia and US might not be allies is because of democracy, when clearly that hasn't stopped US from being allies before.
>You made up something here
GP brought up the topic of invasion, I didn't.
No, that's not what GP said. They said "because of democracy, and ...". So what are you arguing?
> GP brought up the topic of invasion, I didn't.
But you brought up a statement, that implied, that somebody justified invasions based on lack of democracy.
>US has shown time and time again that democracy only matters when it suits them. US is an ally of Saudi and a lot of monarchies in Middle East; Saudi, Qatar, UAE and Kuwait. US also overthrew a democratically elected govt. in Iran for a "friendlier" Shah. You also have Operation Candor.