In MOST cases, the obvious answer is Democracy. But for those of us who understand that absolutes are stupid and that there are usually exceptions to the rule, it would be left up to a comparison of specific examples over broad generalizations that aren't useful in political analysis anyways.
...and the three counties you just mentioned ; china ( mao killed about 20 million) Russia ( stalin and lenin to gorbachev about 25-30 million) and Pakistan (musaref about 1 million)...are poster childs of deciding what is right and wrong in the world....Throw in Germany and it's 10 million and basically you would have one of the ten most populated countries in the world if they hadn't of crushed resistance....
MSFE THINKS SADAMS REGIME IS A DEMOCRACY. He he. Pick N Click, tell me ONE Democracy that is more dangerous than ONE Dictatorship. I'm talking real life here, not poli sci theory.
and clearly, at least two of them disagree strongly with the American system of governing its citizens...
Mondo, again you hit the nail on the head! Of course, exactly what constitutes "terrorizing their citizens" is a pretty tricky issue, so I submit America simply attacks all non-democratic countries (and she might want to look at herself first). I tell ya folks, with Mondo and the gang at the helm, we're gonna carve out global democracy if it kill us! (Of course, we'll pave the road to glory with a few million corpses, but who cares! Great leaders understand that sacrifices have to be made!)
Is it in our interests to save the people of Rwanda and Burundi from genocide? How about the poor people under that terrorist Mugabe? Should we make political killings by the CIA and mercenaries the norm? http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/02/06/1044498914661.html How far do we go???