Forced democracy?

The ever-reliable P.A.P. blog discusses the down sides of getting democracy in places where it isn't.

If people want to have democracy, then it is of course possible and acceptable, maybe even necessary to assist them and to help them in their struggle against their government. But can we promote democracy if the people of a country do not want to have a democracy? Is it not undemocratic to force someone to be democratic? On the one hand, democracy implies respect for the will, the choice and the consent of the people. But, on the other hand, if we want to create democracy with undemocratic means, we have the analogy that peace is not always restored with peaceful means either... Does democracy not imply the right of the people to decide against democracy and to choose something else? More...