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Originally posted by JeremySF
True...
Also, I should clarify. There aleady is a model for democracy in the middle east: it's called Israel. But, it will be a long time before Israel's western-style democracy could exist in a muslim country. I'm thinking more along the lines of Turkey, but more democratic.
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True - but as turkey proven in the last elections, democracy there is (unfortunatelly) very fragile. The base of power that US is negotiating with in Turkey is military - not political.
I don't think Arab countries in the middle east are looking for a role model in democracy. If anything, it should come from people's desire for some effect on their country - and in the ME Arab countries - that might be possible ONLY if they have a new type of regime that allows free will of the people. That is very far from today's situation but we can all hope.