But they are breaking the tradition, F.L. and that's the important thing. Even if it doesn't work, they at least deserve a chance to try for it.
The Japanese were less than 100 years out of Feudalism at the end of WWII and they learned democracy as did the Germany. The Turks taught it to themselves after the overthrow of the Ottoman Empire which was about as autocratic as it gets.
What Afghanistan and Iraaq end up with will not be American-style democracy but something that is uniquely theirs. It's up to us to see that they get the chance.

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