Of course the only thing the 3rd world and largely the Muslim understands and respects is the Warlord Mentality. They respected and feared secular Saddam Hussein because he ruled over them and showed them what would happen to them, the same with the Saudi royals as well. Its why Vlad Tepes was feared and pushed the Ottoman's shit in. Its why Europe was so easily able to colonize these places, because we showed up with superior strategy and weapons we created, then showed them that yes, a small number of us can fuck you all up decisively in intellect and ingenuity.
They want someone to tell them what to do with an iron fist, because god forbid they have to think for themselves and come to the conclusion of "maybe I shouldn't rape women, maybe I shouldn't kill my neighbor, take his horse or ruin their livelihood." on their own. It's why they created Islam, to give themselves a higher power saying its okay to still have that mentality.
Its why the Ayatollah was so beloved by Muslims, because he was the warlord iron fist that advanced their beliefs. It's why they cry foul now, they see the west as the superior warlords they will never be, and they're upset that we don't even have that same mentality that they do about it.