miltiades wrote:Im stating the obvious in that these nations can ONLY be governed, or rather ruled by Dictatorship. Check out their history, democracy has NEVER been the mode of governance. Most , such as Lybia have thrived under dictatorship. Syria on the whole enjoyed a relatively calm and peaceful time , that is untill the West decided to prop up the rebels including the Jihadists demanding the removal of one dictator but no fucking idea who would replace him. Let them be, let them sort their own affairs out, let the rest of the nations in the region contribute to an acceptable solution, not one desired by the West.
I repeat again, Im not losing sleep over who rules either Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan Pakistan or other such nations.
We are not talking about Democracy. You don't have to have Democracy to live with your Human Rights and freedom.
Fact is, there are millions of Syrians who are not even allowed to vote, or get a decent job just because they are not a Baathist Alevi or SHIA.
There are so many non Democratic Countries in the world, and yet many of those are not so bad and even a Westerner can live there in dignity and raise a family with no issue at all and lead a lifestyle similar to any Western Country.
We are just talking about the UN Charter, the rights of the individual, freedom of movement and association and just a bit of respect.
The West only decided to prop up some Rebels because we wanted to give them a fighting chance. We wanted a Unity Government in Syria. There is nothing wrong with that stance. However, we initially went to Syria just to fight ISIL. It was ISIL egging us on when they were beheading some US and UK citizens with blunt kitchen knives. So we got involved and we were fighting ISIL exclusively. We were however never going to cooperate with Assad. that is impossible for us, however our action indirectly helped him considerably. We were however the only ones combating ISIL. Assad and the Russians were not until very late in the piece. We were only assisting some Kurdish Groups, Free Syrian Army, Turkmen, Assyrian Groups and the Yazidi. Now Russia is helping the Free Syrian Army (do you see now what is going on).
Assad guarantees open warfare for a long time. It is very likely that there will never be peace in Syria. A Nation that is destroyed and fragmented forever and that is no one's fault but Assad's.
Assad bought the wrath of ISIL upon himself as did Iraq as well. The difference now between Iraq and Syria is that the Iraqi Government is now doing its very best to include the Sunnis and they are under our watchful eye. They know that if they do not do the right thing, Iraq is going to end up like Syria, and flaming pile of Rubble. Coalition saved their bacon (pardon the pun), and now they need to heed our warnings.
Personally, I'm not against Dictatorships. These kinds of Governments have a lot going for them. It's Democracy that is naturally a flawed and corrupt system. Human rights means a lot more than just casting your ballot though. It's about the kind of life you are allowed to live and what you are allowed to do. Whether you are allowed to freely worship, move around, work, gun ownership, open a business, raise a family, educate yourself and your children, freedom of speech etc etc. people have very basic needs such as clean water, education, food, shelter and some services. provide that to the people then a Dictatorship can thrive. They don't care if they can't cast a vote if they have all they need. I even advocated a Dictatorship for Greece as well, because it would likely be a far better Government for Greece than any of the elected administrations in its modern history. I would never advocate for a Dictatorship which would kill the Greek People, have another polytechneio, puts all its political opponents in jail, bans protests and free speech.
It is possible to have a Dictatorship and for the Dictatorship to be revered like a God or respected and not from any scare tactics but from its social works. The Government of UAE is a great example. As far as I am concerned, they are the best Government I have ever known in my life and that is saying something. Yes you heard me. A Sunni Muslim country as far as I'm concerned has the best Government as far as I can tell. May God bless them because these Royals are pretty damn cool.
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