The Egyptian government daily al-Ahram asks the question, ?How can the American need for democracy in Arab countries be more pressing and vital than the need of those countries for it?? The newspaper article raises the question in reaction to American involvement in promoting democracy in the Middle East. The author of the piece writes, ?[It is not true] that because of its social and cultural background the Arab world is incapable of exercising democracy under normal circumstances without an American prescription.?
The Egyptian daily belittles the American interventionism in its promotion of democracy saying, ?Is democracy a commodity to be imported by means of trade agreements, or television and media protocols?? Rhetorically, the article implies that Americans think of democracy as a business venture: ?Can it even be produced under the BOT system, whereby Washington undertakes to Build democratic institutions, Operate them for a time, and then Transfer their ownership??
The Egyptian daily belittles the American interventionism in its promotion of democracy saying, ?Is democracy a commodity to be imported by means of trade agreements, or television and media protocols?? Rhetorically, the article implies that Americans think of democracy as a business venture: ?Can it even be produced under the BOT system, whereby Washington undertakes to Build democratic institutions, Operate them for a time, and then Transfer their ownership??