Perhaps Akenaton you should have been a bit more specific:

"There is no centre ground in the Middle East, affectations of democratic government are a sham"

While that may well apply to the Arab states in the region it most certainly does not apply to the state of Israel, which is a democracy albeit one that has existed as a democracy under constant threat of attack and annihilation since the date of its inception.

You also ignore balance which is vital for the peace and stability of the region, a region which up until the last few years was vital to the developed economies of this planet - it still is to some in varying degrees.

If indeed democracy is a sham, I have yet to see a better alternative to live under - the same applies to capitalism. Both have outlasted and survived where all the other "isms" have failed miserably.