I don't want to leave the impression that I don't agree that democracies need to get together. I think they do, because, again, I think our own united front.... You know, our values stand for something and they stand for something around the world, and I think that we diminish the importance of those values.
That said, I think we have to recognize that there are times when we are need to work with countries that might not align with us completely on things like human rights. Would I invite the Government of Vietnam to join an alliance of democracies? No. However, would I believe that there are ways that we need to work with the Government of Vietnam to address concerns about what's happening in the region? My answer would be yes. I think in that sense, the fluidity is that we just have to acknowledge that there's not going to be a 100% purity test with the countries that we need to engage with around the world.
That said, there is a core group of western liberal democracies that I think really need to work together on all of these issues.