The United States is not a democracy and to say so is a lie. The United States is a constituted republic. Rielly lost me as soon as he caved to the particular terminology. STARRS is risking losing me should it continue to decline to challenge the assertion that we, the USA, is a democracy. I swore not oath to a democracy or pledged any allegiance to the flag of a democracy. I reaffirmed my enlisted oath and that oath make no mention of democracy. Definitions define. Good is good evil is evil, just people can tell the difference. It is the essential qualification for the individual to be able to determine a lawful, moral order from and immoral and unlawful one. In a democracy morality is defined by what is popularly accepted to be moral by the majority that dictates to the minority. I never swore to uphold any such thing and will not do so as long as there is breath in me.