Again, that happened in Egypt, and the US were very much happy to support a coup that undone everything gained by the Egyption revolution.
I am curious what you think of https://www.hudson.org/research/9881-the-muslim-brotherhood-... (yes, I know this is written by an Israeli)
No, I don't think the MBH would accept ALL the results of science. But I do think they would have made what they could to make the education system better.
But again this is not the point, What about after the MBH? Maybe someone else would came to establish a better system. But now it is all gone. No real elections, and no peaceful transfer of power.
I don't have links or videos saved with me right now, but I am an Egyptian and followed all of what happened. I can get it if I wanted, but it will take time. But I think you can easily find it. Listen to professor Chomsky's lectures for example.
As far as I remember, this one (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLPYN82xHck) contains most of his opinions about it. But I would have to watch it again to be sure.
Even "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" was joking about how Obama didn't admit the coup to keep giving them aid, but I also don't have the link of the episode here.
So I think it is obvious if you wanted to see it. But pick your opinion as you wish. It is a free world, right?
Chomsky does accuse the US government of not wanting a democratic government in Egypt, but doesn't actually blame them for the failure of the Morsi government. Instead he blames his friends in the left Liberal movement of Egypt for supporting the Military coup.
As for Obama fudging the question of whether it was a coup, that's exactly the useless after the fact hand-wringing I'm talking about. At that point the coup was a done deal.
It may even be true that western leaders prefer to deal with Middle Eastern autocrats, but (a) when given the opportunity that's not what they set up in Iraq. And (b) they don't actually get to decide who rules any Arab countries anyway. Even in Iraq which they conquered, because they handed that decision over to the electorate.
I am saying that they supported the coup before it even happens. They communicated with the military before the coup, giving them the green light to do it.
As I said, I didn't save the sources, but I know what I have read. But I can't ask you to believe me in that case.
I know that there are a lot of people in the west who are honest about their values. But we don't see that at all from the governments. So don't blame us thinking that the US never cared about their values.
While I won't judge the US by what someone like Trump says, but those words were very true. Obama wasn't just that stupid to announce it like that.