Democracy? Democracy. Democracy isn't that these people need. Hell, it's not even what they want. America has been running around the globe trying to install democracies in nation after nation for a century, and it hasn't worked one time. Now why do you think that is? Because these countries don't have the most basic building blocks necessary to support a democracy. Little things like we ought to be tolerant of those who disagree with us, or we ought to be tolerant of those who worship a different god than us, or that a journalist ought to be able to disagree with the fucking president. And you think you can walk into this country based on fundamentalist, religious principles, drop a couple of bombs, topple a dictator, and start a democracy? Heh, give me a break. People don't want freedom. They want rules, boundaries, protections. From invaders and from themselves. People need a leader who can both provide the constraints and the support to keep chaos at bay. And you give them that, and they'll follow. And that's where I come in.