Del Boy, I dont agree with you there.
What do you call the "moderate"? You have to understand that in these countries, the people have no power. End of story.
They are all helpless, they live like animals. They are just there to pay the taxes at the end of the year. No body cares about their opinion.
There is the dictatorship and the police/army/security forces who are there to make sure that the people wont riot...
And these armies are damn good at their job. They are there to protect a dictator from the people. When it comes to protect the country from outsiders, they cant do...
But let's come back to the moderates, all I wanted to do, is to explain you how they cant act...
The extremists want what? They want less coruption... Or less of "their definition of corruption"... It means Sharia Law for some... Or more influence of sharia law on the current laws... a modern Sharia if you prefer... with human rights and such... following the education level in the country...
And this is normal in a Muslim country. It's their right. It's not good for me if I want to drink a beer in the streets over there, but they are the one forced to live there... not me...
And guess what? even I want that... Are you going to sue me because I want to see corrupt government going down? it's the most natural thing on earth. Even the USA shares goals with Ben Laden... Like to bring Iran and Saddam Hussein down...
No body likes these dictators... They are just murderous bastards who waste the ressources of a whole country for themselves and an useless army...
The moderates are silent... Because if they speak up. They get tortured, imprisoned and raped... By the government agents... It's not a democracy... They dont have the habit to open their mouths...
So accusing them of not reacting is really unfair...
so let me give you all the point I said:
"moderates" have no power. asking them to "act up" is ridiculous.
the local armies are very good when it comes to destroy a public uprising.
the extremists want to bring the local corrupt governments down.
All the honest people in the world share this objective.