I am increasingly skeptical of the Liberalist school of international studies. Democracy is not an absolute: its nature is altered by the cultural, economic, geographic, historical, and theistic framework of a place or group. Put bluntly, democracy changes the structure of a state, but not the nature of the nation that lies beneath.
The Pacific Bull Moose
The Center Must Hold
I’m not sure what you mean by “Liberalist school”. I’m quite sure it’s not wise to try to force a form of government on another country, which seemed to be what Bush was trying to do. Whatever shape democracy takes will be determined by culture, as you say.