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Originally Posted by Vendor
True,  |
Not entirely.
Many ME countries are bunch of tribes that got defined through dictatorship.
While its still difficult to see those countries as future democracies it would be impossible so without the dictatorship stage.
Egypt is more special case where Hosni Mubarak started as quite "progressive" leader but had to cut freedoms because in part of anti nationalist movements which saw Egypt as part of greater Islamic world.
Also undermining drift toward west.
Actually Hosni Mubarak allowed Egyptians to have taste of pluralism with relatively (me standards)free and critical press and economical freedom.
Husni Mubarak isn't saint but Egypt without him would be in much worst situation today.
Egypt is much closer to western values in part because of him.
No I'm not Mubarak fun boy
Dictatorship is BAD BAD BAD.
