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Julius
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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 Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 12:39 am Post subject: World's Worst Dictators 2009 |
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1) Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe.
2) Omar El-Bashir, Sudan.
3) Kim Jong-Il, North korea.
4) Than Shwe, Myanmar.
5) King Abdullah, Saudi Arabia.
6) Hu Jintao, China.
7) Sayyid Ali Khamenei, Iran.
viii) Isayas Afewerki, Eritrea.
9) G Berdymuhammedov, Turkmenistan.
10) Muammar Al-Qaddafi, Libya.
http://www.parade.com/dictators/2009/ |
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soviet_man
Joined: 23 Apr 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 1:43 am Post subject: |
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Бердымухаммедов and Turkmenistan generally ... that is a bit of a stretch!
 If ever there was an example of a sensible and moderate fusion between socialism and islam, he and Turkmenistan would be my first example of how it can work. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 1:53 am Post subject: Re: World's Worst Dictators 2009 |
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| Julius wrote: |
| 1) Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe |
He seems to be pretty good at dictating. If he's the world's 'worst' dictator, what would the 'best' dictator look like, Rush Limbaugh? |
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chris_J2
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
Location: From Brisbane, Au.
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huffdaddy
Joined: 25 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 3:09 pm Post subject: Re: Dictators |
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| chris_J2 wrote: |
| The OP forgot Pol Pot, Sadam whosux, Hitler, Stalin, Juv�nal Habyarimana/Jean Kambanda et al: |
They are all dead or out of power.
Karimov at #11? I want a recount! |
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Kimbop
Joined: 31 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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| soviet_man wrote: |
Бердымухаммедов and Turkmenistan generally ... that is a bit of a stretch!
If ever there was an example of a sensible and moderate fusion between socialism and islam, he and Turkmenistan would be my first example of how it can work. |
But there is little fusion. Bearded islamists in Turkmenistan seem to disappear without a trace, and islamist parties are banned. |
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Julius
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 2:07 am Post subject: |
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looking at all these dictatorships, what is immediately obvious about the majority of them is that they survive because they have something the more powerful nations want- resources.
The US (and others) are happy for them to continue, so long as they can keep getting a cheap supply of oil or minerals out of them.
Widescale human rights abuses... is not a fatal mistake. Stopping access to their resources...would be. |
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