Clan, tribes, religion
If this is the case, then could you send a letter to our leaders and explain this to them? They have this religious zeal that if they can bring "democracy" to these middle eastern nations that everything will just be peachy keen!
As a matter of fact, our President spent more than half his speech last night addressing the nation on WHY we should be doing this. And he was supposed to be talking about US, and what he's doing for US.....not them!
He even asserts that we can go door to door with them and ask them
a) do you want to be free?
b) we'll arrest, bomb or torture you if you don't
(Oooh, sarcasm. Me bad. Couldn't resist)