path to democracy

This might be obvious to many but it just became obvious to me.

Democracies cannot be created by fighting wars and toppling even the most hated of dictators.

They are the result of creating independent and strong institutions most notably a legal framework, a legislature providing for elected representatives at the local, state and federal level, and even though often much hated, a strong bureaucracy.

While America fights wars in the name of anti-terrorism and for creation of democracies, its failure is owing to the fact that it also ends up destroying existing institutions which are vital for stabilising the region in the longer term.

British imperialists on the other hand while being exploitative in many regards, created institutions in their colonies which continued to work almost as if nothing had changed when they packed up and left.

Creation of institutions is a time taking process and therefore requires a much longer commitment than an exteranl 'liberator' is willing to make.

The solution perhaps is in re-vitalising multinational agencies(like the UN) to take control immediately after an 'assault' and be there to create institutions as long as it takes. NATO and the US thus have a lot to gain in working to give new power, new role and breathe new life into multilateral agencies