"Jim the removal of dictatorships in the middle East has not brought democracy, i"
Can we add support for dictatorships to your growing list Ake?
You really are coming out of your closet with giant strides, aren't you?
A removal of dictatorships is the first giant step for mankind - what happens following that in terms of international co-operation, humanitarian aid, the winning of hearts and minds and encouragement to establish democratic systems will govern what happens in the future and will decide whether or not this planet has a future
We've established and supported far too many dictatorships out of self-interest and pursuit of profit - that's why the world we've left to our children is so obscenely ***** up.
Who on earth talks about "Western Democracy being transplanted" - that is what happened when the world was divided into Empires - only it wasn't transplanted - it was imposed.
Each nation must be allowed and assisted to shape its own destiny and plan its own future - hopefully it will be a better one that we bequeathed to them.
The Arab Spring that you pour such contempt on was a perfect example of an opportunity lost - people who had had enough demanding a better life for themselves free of the despots you apparently support.
We could have actively helped them to develop decent societies - instead we alienated them with a mixture of half-hearted gesture-politics and a self interest - we created a situation in Libya that both sides were fighting each other with weapons sold by The British - Briatin was training Qdaffi's son to take his place when he joined the Choir Invisibule - utter inhuman madness.
The eve of The Arab Spring was marked by a massive Arms Fair in London, opened by David Cameron, aimed at selling instruments of destruction and oppression to the despots the poor of the Middle East were trying to did themselves of.
We fill our shops with goods manufactured in the most oppressive despotic regimes under the worst conditions in the world, while at the same time, exiting Europe in order to stop the immigration of the people seeking a better life here
What message is that sending out to the world "Bear your chains with fortitude - we-re not interested" is the one I'm getting
Is it any wonder they are turning to their own fanatics for support.
It is not an act of humanity that we should involve ourselves in assisting these people to better their lot - it is a matter of self interest
"Only an idiot" refuses to see that
Jim Carroll