Does the world needs DICTATORS ???
140630
Nope.\n\nBut I'd probably answer differently if I was one...
185846
It was an bad idea when it started and it is a bad idea now. When and if we leave it will go back to the way it was before. The strong will take control and we will be right back where we started with a dictator in charge.
757118
Nope - you are not alone in thinking that.\n\nMany people think just like you do, although I think you have gone into too much detail in your question. \n\nI do not condone Osama Bin Laden or terrorism and yes - I think Saddam was a bad dictator and that the world will be better off without him. \n\nBut were Bush and Blair right to storm in there and enforce their will on them - not for the reasons quoted, no. \n\nNo, you are not alone. The truth is out there.
73591
Yes Hitler was a horrible dictator in Germany . Who caused so much death and fear .
591855
Lets spend 11 years enforcing sanctions and following diplomatic channels while dictators continue genocidal routes.\n\nLets not forget Darfur...think about it before Iran
870629
Africans DON'T NEED SH!T, from ANYBODY.. trust me. ALL THEY NEED is YOU to stop supporting THEIR CORRUPTED LEADERS IN FAVOR OF NATURAL RESOURCES, such as oil, diamonds, useful soil for glass, and other minerals. They use that money to buy MORE ARMS AND SUBDUE THEIR RIVALS AND STARVE THE POPULATION AND KEEPING THEM IN THE DARK.\n\nALL AFRICA NEEDS IS, to YOU to stop SUPPORTING their bloody leaders.\n\nBy the way Mr. Ahmednajad, since they got PLENTY of uranium help them get the ISLAMIC BOMB too. Will you?,, please.
279132
It's been proven time and again that dictatorships don't work out for the west.  They have supported many of them in the past.  As part of their so called "cold war".  They propped them up to keep communism down.\n\nNow they've realised their mistake so they're trying to force west loving democracy on countries, which obviously can't work either.\n\nI think the number one consideration for the US is to be able to trade with a country.  So in that sense they would probably prefer a pro-west dictatorship.\n\nThe European's may be more inclined to let a anti-west democracy go ahead.  But I'm not sure there's such a thing at the moment.  Democracy and West are pretty much the same thing aren't they.\n\nps. I'm from Australia.  We gave kickbacks to Saddam Hussein just so we could sell some wheat.
1158290
The USA supported or created every tyrant in the world in the past 40 years, from Osama and Saddam to every South American warlord. They made a point of teaching them to fight dirty against America's enemies and now they are reaping the malcontent they sowed.
11003
All leaders are afraid to lose power. That is their weakness. Their strength is that they can command an army and massacre entire races. Don't become a dictator, instead found your own micronation and rule over it.
936828
The UN is already a collection of dictators. Giving Chavez any more power than he has was a very bad idea.
547748
Yes!!Take a closer look!! Through economics or politics, the U.S.already controls the world.Anyone who speaks out against them( Bush Administration)-France,Iraq,Iran,Venezuela-face invasion or some other form of retaliation. China is being courted,Cuba is being paid,Mexico has the illegal immigrant thing going on and there is no balance of power left. It would take the other countries banding together to stop this and they are kept distracted with internal turmoil or an unwillingness to put aside their long standing differences.What was your question again??Peace.
141832
By itself none.  When combined with freedom of speech, and freedom to form an opposition you have an accountable government.  Of course a dictator/king/etc could be better if they truly acted in the best interests of the people, because sometimes that is different than the will of the people.  But history has shown they haven't often looked after much more than themselves, which is worse than the will of the people.\n\nDemocracy's biggest problem is patience.
569940
No, because Communist Dictatorships are beginning to Flourish in Central, and South America. Most Notably Venezuela, and now Brazil.There is an Open Alliance with Cuba that, when Castro Dies, his Regime will, unfortunately Continue. I Hope I'm wrong, but I don't think so.
17729
In my opinion, no.  Those people have been ruled by force for thousands of years.  The strong man will always come in and take power.  Its just the way things are done there.  Perhaps we will establish democracy for a few years, perhaps a decade, but it will eventually revert to dictatorship.
63127
There's a reason that no one nation rules the whole world. Is this a serious question?
1133616
No to the theocracy in the US - but, in the same sense, I don't think we should push democracy on countries that will seriously be thrown into chaos as soon as it is introduced (USSR, China, Vietnam, Iraq, etc.). I think it's very arrogant of us Americans to think our way is the best way for everyone - the only way democracy truly works is if it evolves on its own when people get tired of the way things are being run.
407198
yes.  they don't need a monarch but they need a form of parliamentary government that will hold the prime minister (executive) more accountable to the legislature and provides for his dismissal.  the american model of an antagonistic presidency has only allowed it to grow into a criminal agency for the national elite and not a representative democracy.