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Topic History of: Tunisia / Egypt / Somalia domino effect ....
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JK2006 |
Yes the trouble with liberal, intelligent, complex democratic parties is they tend to be vacuous and useless (like all UK/US parties and politicians). Simplistic slogans and autocratic rule is far more effective but civil liberties and freedom disappear. |
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JK2006 wrote:
My great worry about the Arab states is that the liberal and tolerant Islamists may be ousted by extreme religious fanatics; as happened in Iran; get rid of a dictator and religion triumphs but the extreme, intolerant type is strongest.
Thats what I meant in my original post, JK, when I said that the lack of any opposition (thus far) means there is nothing (with any experience) to fill the vacuum when the dictator falls.
Veritas - Mugabe has "elections" too ! |
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Reuters now reporting that many many people seem with head injuries as the police state cracks down. |
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JK2006 |
It is very hard to work out; I believe, like Ben Ali, Mubarak was fantastic when he took over but power (or love of it) corrupts. My great worry about the Arab states is that the liberal and tolerant Islamists may be ousted by extreme religious fanatics; as happened in Iran; get rid of a dictator and religion triumphs but the extreme, intolerant type is strongest. |
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veritas |
the oddest thing is Vice President Joe Biden saying today that Mubarack isn't a dictator.
And he is elected of course.
The fact that no-one else is allowed to stand for the position is entirely co-incidental.  |
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