Their culture is not ready for democracy. They need to get over their uncompromising religion, their tribal customs, and their factionalism.
(Obviously there are rational individuals among them but collectively, Arab society defaults to a feudal state and the only way to stop it is to rule with an iron fist (be that dictator or military council or theocracy). Maybe in two generations people will stop accepting leaders just because they are the same religion or tribe or colour as them.







