Deletion of United States-supported Dictatorships

Comment: This article is in terrible shape, but it is clearly about a |notable topic, and should be rewritten in prose (rather than as a list) using reliable sources. To see why this topic is notable, just do a quick Google Books search for http://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks%3A1&tbo=1&q=United+States+support+dictatorships&btnG=Search+Books United States support dictatorships or http://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks%3A1&tbo=1&q=United+States+support+authoritarian&btnG=Search+Books United States support authoritarian
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NOTABLE)

Comment: Inherently unbalanced and so contrary to |core policy.  The US has supported various classes of country for various reasons &mdash; once, a large part of the Federal budget went to paying the Barbary pirates.   As it has made much effort to support democracies, a more balanced treatment would cover the full range of client states, not a biased set
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Neutral point of view (WP:NPOV)