An off-topic subject to take our minds off tomorrow.
No doubt in my mind looking at what has gone on in Iraq since Saddam was toppled and with sectarian violence at its highest level for years, that the country would have been far better off if the west had not interfered. Thousands of lives would have been saved, both Iraqis and foreign troops. Middle Eastern countries are clearly not ready for western style democracy and should be left alone to move forward at their own pace.
Same is true in Syria where the country was far better off when Assad was running the show. The civil war has achieved absolutely nothing and has ruined the country.
Egypt is another example. Much better and more stable country under Mubarak.
Message to western powers:
- keep your noses out of the domestic affairs of other countries
- you cannot and should not try to impose western style democracy everywhere in the world
- put massive pressure on the Israelis to reach an agreement on the Palestine question. If this problem was sorted it would have a positive effect on the region and the Israelis are currently the problem.
That's the world's problems sorted. Now off to fix my shed.
No doubt in my mind looking at what has gone on in Iraq since Saddam was toppled and with sectarian violence at its highest level for years, that the country would have been far better off if the west had not interfered. Thousands of lives would have been saved, both Iraqis and foreign troops. Middle Eastern countries are clearly not ready for western style democracy and should be left alone to move forward at their own pace.
Same is true in Syria where the country was far better off when Assad was running the show. The civil war has achieved absolutely nothing and has ruined the country.
Egypt is another example. Much better and more stable country under Mubarak.
Message to western powers:
- keep your noses out of the domestic affairs of other countries
- you cannot and should not try to impose western style democracy everywhere in the world
- put massive pressure on the Israelis to reach an agreement on the Palestine question. If this problem was sorted it would have a positive effect on the region and the Israelis are currently the problem.
That's the world's problems sorted. Now off to fix my shed.