Lordo wrote:Paphitis wrote:miltiades wrote:Tim Drayton wrote:miltiades wrote:All ME countries are ruled by dictators, not least Saudi Arabia, a nation that imprisoned a westerner for a year and sentenced him to 350 lashes for the crime of being in possession of 5 bottles of wine. Huge crime !!
No nation in the ME will EVER be governed by a democratic system as such systems are incompatible with their brand of religious mythology.
Why remove a dictator that has ruled Syria for many relatively peaceful years. He is removed and, just like Libya the nation collapses in utter chaos.
The West has got it wrong. Russia is right.
Given your above arguments, I don't see what your issue is with Daesh. They rule with a tyranny unmatched elsewhere and base their rule on a most extreme and warped interpretation the mythology of religion. Surely they then must be the perfect candidates to rule of the Middle East by your criteria.
Absolutely Not Tim. There is no other dictatorship in the ME with the same credentials as the savage barbarians. You appear to have a great deal of faith in the ability or willingness of ME nations to adopt somehow a democratic mode of governance. In the entire history of the ME there has never been a governance sytem other than dictatorship. It will never change until there is a REAL Arab awakening. Until peoiple in the ME begin to question their driving force which is none other than their religion.
Freedom of speech, though, expression, freedom of faith all are taboo in the ME.
Assad has ruled Syria, and before him his father, for more than 40 years, the country was relatively peaceful if you exclude the Israel war.
The problem the West has is the inability to face realities in that democracy can never be force fed to Syrians or to other ME countries. Its a fact of life in this part of the world.
You can not tolerate and nurture one dictatorship, ie Saudi Arabia, and then demand the removal of another. If and when Assad goes, anothet " Assad" will take his place.
Attack Helicopters over demonstrators! how is that for credentials?
The Syrian People are intelligent enough to take control of their country. Pretty hard working people if given a chance, that place a big emphasis on education.
Sorry, but the revolution has started, 240,000 have been killed in the process and I don't think it will stop anytime soon unless Assad goes.
Then you can defeat ISIL in months, perhaps weeks.
what did bush say in iraq. this war is over. that was 10 years ago youuuuuuu stupid boy. you will never learn. this war will be over when the yanks go home and take israel with them.
What war are you talking about? This war started in Syria not Iraq. It would have spread into Iraq even under Saddam's Baathists.
Saddam Hussein would have been number one on the DAESH hit list!