Washington making mockery of democracy: China Daily editorial – Chinadaily.com.cn

A woman walks among the Waves of Flags at Pepperdine University in Malibu, the United States, on Sept 10, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua] Arguments can always be found to turn desire into policy. For politicians in Washington, when it comes to foreign policy, the arguments generally boil down to the trigger word “democracy”. Democracy is a word whose meaning has been distorted and tarnished by the United States. Although the US tosses the word around like confetti, it uses the term most frequently as a pretext to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries. The true meaning of the word is…