While many American leaders paint this as an ideological war, it's not, or at least not primarily an ideological war. America is just a country, looking out for its best interest, as is the sovereign right of all countries to do. We have no obligation to help other countries if we don't want to, or share with them information if we believe they threaten our security. We have no obligation to educate them or lift them up.

Our objective is not to win these countries over. It is to keep them from posing a threat to our oil supply, key allies, etc.