Stop the spread of Democracy?

There has been a pretty startling amount of democracy insemination in the world lately. What with Condoleeza Rice's missions to Asia, the invasion of two middle-eastern countries, and an overall sense of "Free Man's Burden" in the news (http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/12/technology/12filter.html).

Is this expected from a country with a ripened Constitution and a head of pride, or is there a little more than meets the eye to all our worry? Is it the zest of freedom that's leading the country to this, or is it financial gain that's leading the government?

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i doubt it's so much the zeal for freedom or the profit motive that drives these pro-democracy attitudes, at least not primarily.

"If you're not with us, you're against us" sums it up pretty nicely -- if you're not a democracy, you're an enemy.  period.

democracy is a polar opposite of theocracy (fallible people shouldn't have the ability to make their own governments, only God Almighty can do it right).  thus, it's only natural that a theocracy sees a democracy as little more that a festering cesspool of selfish desires and evil whims, similarly to how a democratic society considers a theocracy as an oppressive society based on outdated concepts.  it's only a matter of time before people start throwing planes at buildings.

if everyone's a democracy, there's nothing to worry about, since we're all ideologically on the same side.