Wild Turkey: What we are witnessing is just a game of power politics on the political chess board. As for dictatorship, I have found what the west labels as "dictators" better than many rulers who have come into power through "democracy." S Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, and Qatar are among the most progressive and peaceful countries in the world. True, in dictatorship there are shortfalls. But that is also true in a democratic setup. In comparison, leaders of several countries who have come into power through the "democratic process", have always carried a bagful of stories of crime and corrupt practices into their offices. Just look at the current leaders of two such countries, India and Pakistan. The common man on the street wants to live in peace free from the fear of terrorist attacks, free from the fear of sectarian or religious conflicts irrespective of which system governs his country. "Dictatorship" cannot be blamed for the current political developments in the region. It is the intervention of foreign players from across the borders who are to blame and this may include countries from the west also, as they gain from conflicts in other regions. Conflicts grease their arms industries and keep the wheels of such industries turning. Just two decades back, there were no Sunni-Shia strife in existence anywhere in the world and both the groups lived side by side in complete peace and harmony. Why now?
Wild Turkey: What we are witnessing is just a game of power politics on the political chess board. As for dictatorship, I have found what the west labels as "dictators" better than many rulers who have come into power through "democracy." S Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, and Qatar are among the most progressive and peaceful countries in the world. True, in dictatorship there are shortfalls. But that is also true in a democratic setup. In comparison, leaders of several countries who have come into power through the "democratic process", have always carried a bagful of stories of crime and corrupt practices into their offices. Just look at the current leaders of two such countries, India and Pakistan. The common man on the street wants to live in peace free from the fear of terrorist attacks, free from the fear of sectarian or religious conflicts irrespective of which system governs his country. "Dictatorship" cannot be blamed for the current political developments in the region. It is the intervention of foreign players from across the borders who are to blame and this may include countries from the west also, as they gain from conflicts in other regions. Conflicts grease their arms industries and keep the wheels of such industries turning. Just two decades back, there were no Sunni-Shia strife in existence anywhere in the world and both the groups lived side by side in complete peace and harmony. Why now?