We're not leading the world in protecting human rights (we have our own backyard to clean up) and we have certainly engaged in our fair share of undemocratic behavior toward our own citizens and citizens of other nations.

I think that is part of the initial grievance. There's a willfull ignorance in some Americans that makes them think our culture and our country are above reproach. That's a dysfunctional mindset for our populace that has led us into the mess we're in now and led us into the mess that was Vietnam (which is now comfortably Communist-- the very government model we tried to prevent them from creating).