Democracy Is Premised, In Some Measure, On

Turkey Has Its Own Interests And Historically, Turkey Conquered Most Of The Arab World, And The Arabs Had To Fight Wars Of Liberation To Free Themselves From The Turks. That's In The Past And That Doesn't Necessarily Shape What Is Going On But It's There And It's There In People's Memories.

When You Mention The Word Ideology, Everyone Has Communism In The Back Of Their Minds, Which Was An Entirely Well Formulated Ideology And Statement Of Belief. You Read The Communist Manifesto And You Know What The Core Of It Is.

Two Significant Developments In The Past Several Decades Have Been The Collapse Of Communism As An Ideology And The General Acceptance, In Rhetoric, If Not Practice, Of Liberal Democracy.

Also, Of Course, For Most Of This Time Most Americans Thought Of America As A White Country With, At Best, Only A Very Segregated And Subordinate Role For Blacks.

Obviously Muslim Societies, Like Societies Elsewhere, Are Becoming Increasingly Urban, Many Are Becoming Industrial, But Since So Many Have Oil And Gas, They Don't Have A Great Impetus. But Again, The Revenue That Natural Resources Produce Gives Them The Capability And So Countries Like Iran Are Beginning To Develop An Industrial Component.