Non-democratic regimes always need to mobilize their people against external enemies in order to maintain internal stability.
Just as the 99% of Soviet citizens who supported the Soviet regime in 1985 was no indication of what the people inside the USSR really thought, the army of true believers that we think we see in the Arab world is an illusion.
People may believe that there can be a society where dissent is not permitted, but which is nonetheless not a fear society because everyone agrees with one another and therefore no one wants to dissent.
The three main sources of scepticism are first, that not every people desires freedom second, that democracy in certain parts of the world would be dangerous and third, that there is little the world's democracies can do to advance freedom outside their countries.
Bibi Netanyahu believes our people are strong. We will be ready for painful concessions but only when and if we have a partner we can live together with, who also wants to live in peace.
Bush explained his fundamental concept to me, that freedom is not an American invention, but rather a gift from God to all people.
As soon as people become a little less fearful, they will also begin demanding more freedom.