Introduction
For years Americans and Arabs have done talks on democracy. For instance when President Clinton asked the Palestine leader Yasser Arafat to agree upon the Camp David peace plans that had been negotiated on July 2001, Arafat more and so answered with words that meant: "If I do what you ask, Hamas will take over tomorrow." The Arab Saudi spokesperson, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, constantly reminded the American government if they push their government to hard, the results may not be Jeffersonian style democracy but a Taliban style theocracy.
The worst part from all that is, they might be right. The Arab leaders of the Middle-East are autocratic, corrupt and iron handed. But they are much more liberal, tolerant and pluralistic than what might become of their replacements. The elections in many Arab countries may deliver politicians that have a similar views of the Middle-East that are similar to Usamah bin Laden than a monarchy Jordanian liberal leader such as......
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