Randomness

Seven candidates are vying to succeed President Mohammed Khatami, a reform-minded cleric barred from seeking a third term.

Though Khatami was elected by landslides in 1997 and 2001, many of his initiatives were blocked by clerical hard-liners who hold vast power under Iran's Islamic system of government.
-CNN.com

Even Iran, a part of the 'Axis of Evil' has elections. And?

Earlier this month, an Islamist Web site posted the names of 390 foreign fighters it said have been killed in Iraq.

The site said that the greatest number of foreign fighters came from Saudi Arabia, followed by Syria and Kuwait.
-CNN.com

Supposedly dictatorships cause terrorism. So why do most of the terrorists come from Saudi Arabia, our closest ally and one of the most liberal states in the Arab world? And why do the ETA and the IRA exist in Spain and Ireland? In democratic governments. I fail to see how terrorism is a result of authoritarian governments.