Democracy cannot be imposed from the outside.

Turki Rasheed: . Turki al-Rasheed, a Saudi reformer for democracy, states that “Voters invariably frown on strength coming from abroad; the only legitimate sources of strength any Arab politician can turn to are based on either tribal power or religious ties.” Any American or Westerner who has visited the Middle East in the last three years has heard Arabs protest time and again that “democracy cannot be imposed from the outside.” Democratic development in the Arab world will ultimately be the result of internal dynamics, pressures, and contradictions

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