Anything that can be done to prevent war, all the better.

The present policy toward Iran is making war far more likely, in my opinion, but I think that is because it's actually a preparation FOR war...as were the various maneuverings prior to the invasion of Iraq. None of that was about finding WMD's or establishing democracy. It was all about oil. So too will the next war be.

The USA's government does not promote democracy in the World...or even on its own soil. It just talks about democracy a lot. That is in order to mislead well-intentioned American citizens into supporting a corporate policy of invasion and robbery in the 3rd World.

The USA government is a compliant puppet of multi-national energy corporations and arms makers. They are the people who fund the Redemocrapublicants (1 political party, masquerading as two in order to hold phony elections which effectively change almost nothing, but serve to fool good people into imagining they still have a democracy). You play the game at voting time...you lose...the corporations win. It's that simple.