[foverzar]

I am implying that countries with capable military that present themselves as "democratic" don't seem to fare substantially better in this matter.

In fact, the things that are considered ok for them to do are some of the worst examples.

Did democracy help Assange after he had uncovered the evidence of US' warcrimes? Were Bush era "no one will dare to hold the US accountable" laws repelled?

IMO, all it did is helped people "vent out" and "voice concerns" without any real and meaningful change in politics. This all lead us to a point where we see people profiting from war and taking a hypocritical moral high-ground at the same time.

Which in turn leads to that most outside observers don't even take "democratic" states seriously anymore in that matter.