Burma violates human rights. China does too. Colombia permits drug trafficking. Iran backs terrorism. So does Syria.
Zaire persecutes political dissidents.
For the most part, they cause regimes to hunker down and point their fingers at the U.S. for domestic problems of their own creation. Factories close, throwing people out of work. Markets for goods dry up, which only makes the workers in them blame America. That's exactly the opposite message that we should be sending. We should be teaching the world free enterprise, not closing off opportunities to make it work.