Guttenberg: Afghanistan will never be model western democracy

This is the second pro-“moderate Talibans” statement German FM makes in a week.

German Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg says democracy according to western ideals cannot be achieved in Afghanistan and that moderate Taliban members should be represented in the Afghan government.

… “We must ask ourselves who from the insurgents poses a serious threat to the international community and who is more concerned with the conditions in Afghanistan itself,” he said. “This issue of human rights must also be taken into account, without ignoring the existing cultures and traditions in Afghanistan.”

via Guttenberg: Afghanistan will never be model western democracy | World | Deutsche Welle | 26.12.2009.

So, we have two possibilities:

a) that Mr. Guttemberg is really suffering from “sudden frightening syndrome” and can be considered as a “defeatist”.

b) that he actually considers reasonably that there is no possibility of Afghanistan developing a Western democracy so, we should him why is that. What are the reasons that make it impossible for demorcacy to exist in Afghanistan. If this is the case, why on earth he hasn’t told those reasons?