| It's a pattern I've seen consistent with Muslim countries (I've lived in two anyways and hear a lot about the others). The big man is the boss. Any democratically elected leader is immidiately handcuffed and rendered incapable due to corruption and other things. In the vacuum comes more localized, more radicalized groups that represent a specific group of people and not the whole country.
All in all, a very intolerant community. Where there is no tolerance, democracy is going to be a hard sell.
Yes. The big man is the boss and the big man is rispected. Democracy is not big man and not to be rispected. That is the local culture that is much different than ours. I haven't lived in any muslim country for my luck but couple of years ago i was in Afghanistan with the CIMIC company as an infantryman and i dealed some with those local people. I like the arab culture and manners a bit strange and even cruel. Don't wear sunglasses when talking to an arab, never show them bottom of your shoe and so on such of strange manners. Women are at the same line with dogs and religion and own family to belong seem to be very important things. Ok, thats their way of life and i rispect that. |