They may not have time to support a democracy, but the sure have time to rally in the streets if some cartoonist half the world away draws a cartoon about Mohammad!

With that in mind, it would seem that the religious opiate of the people is still what provides the most power and control. I would venture to say that the most likely way for a democracy to take hold in Afghanistan and similar countries is for the Imans and religious leaders to lead the movement.

I some how doubt that such a thing would ever happen.