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Protests in Bahrain
The gulf between monarchy and democracy
Mar 16th 2011, 19:02 by The Economist online
Sectarian tensions colour Bahrain's protests, says analyst Jane Kinninmont. But will they become a proxy for a broader regional power struggle?
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@Bernard, yes, the Middle East nations suffer from the most repressive governments of any region in the world with the least political and civil rights, but that will only change the day those people are able to understand the religion is noting but superstition. Only then democracy, the rule of civil law and civil rights will be able to florish. Until then, the Middle Eastern people will go from revolution, to revolution, to revolution without ever achieving anything meaninfull.
I dont see that kind of change comming any time in the near future.
This is just the beginning of the "spring of change" in the Middle East. As shown here, Middle East nations suffer from the most repressive governments of any region in the world with the least political and civil rights and this article should help in determining which nations will be moving toward democracy:
http://viableopposition.blogspot.com/2011/02/defining-and-quantifying-fr...