The natives-unready-for-democracy frame bridged Balfour’s empire directly to War on Terror occupation

Evidence

Often these ideas were used to explain why it was that “democracy-loving” imperialists couldn’t bring democracy to the countries they colonized—the people just weren’t ready for it. At other times it has been suggested that colonialism paved the way for self-rule and that without such Western influence, democracy would not have taken root in the East. … Almost a century later, the George W. Bush administration would use this framework to argue that the United States needed to stay in Iraq even though it had not found any weapons of mass destruction in the country, in order to bring democracy—a proposition that received widespread public support. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 377

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Balfour framed Oriental civilization as incapable of self-government — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 108; The War on Terror was ideologically framed as a civilizational clash

Broader Connections

• Balfour framed Oriental civilization as incapable of self-government #expands (0.90) — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 108
• The War on Terror was ideologically framed as a civilizational clash #corroborates (0.85)