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["Spreading democracy will spread freedom which will build a more peaceful world."
Even if the Pakistani electorate voted in a pro-Bin Laden regime, giving AQ the bomb?]

Even IF this did happen, and it could happen in any democracy, especially one in such an unstable region of the world, it's still better for the security of the world if it IS a democracy rather than a dictatorship, as any democracy is preferable to any totalitarian government, no matter what standard you use.

Why people find the need to whine over what imperfect democracies MIGHT do and conclude that you might as well live with the dictatorship is beyond my comprehension.

We need to continue to use political means to persuade (and pressure) essentially democratic countries like Pakistan and Turkey to continue to be responsible world citizens, and also leave open the option to use military force on totalitarian governments like Afghanistan and Iraq WERE, to force them to convert to democracies.