Which of the following best illustrates the dissonance between how the United States has intervened in the Middle East and what the United States has proclaimed as its ideology?
a. The United States has refused to intervene in the Middle East unless there is a clear threat to America's national security, while proclaiming that it is actively assisting Middle Eastern countries in building democracies and fighting terrorists.
b. America has supported repressive regimes in the Middle East to maintain positive diplomatic relations and gain assistance in fighting terrorism, while voicing support for the development of democracy around the world.
c. President Obama has refused to provide aid for any NATO airstrikes against repressive regimes in the Middle East, even though he had previously promised NATO that he would back any action taken there.
d. The United States has favored military power over diplomacy in the Middle East in order to gain access to oil, while proclaiming it favors world peace.
e. President Bush invaded Afghanistan in retaliation for the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, while proclaiming in the Bush Doctrine that the United States would never strike preemptively or act without the support of its allies.
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