Emir of Kuwait!

[Argyll]

I'm very surprised nobody has picked up or posted a story about the Late Emir of Kuwait who died this morning!

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-13493519,00.html

[Aerosoul]

wow, didnt hear about this.
didnt know much about him...reading now.


RIP.

[.666 Caliber]

Kuwait is one of the few allies in the M.E. we have so its a blow to us all.

R.I.P.

[caridon]

Good riddance to bad rubbish.

Lets hope that kuwait can get out of its dictatorship and get some Democracy (maby the US can invade and help them ?)

/C

[dacanadianbomb]

Good one !
not.
Kuwait is a very important strategic launching pad for Personnel going to Iraq,along with Jordan. If Kuwait was removed as a transit place, it would create a huge logistical problem.
Not that I believe anything is going to change from today.

[caridon]

Good one !
not.
Kuwait is a very important strategic launching pad for Personnel going to Iraq,along with Jordan. If Kuwait was removed as a transit place, it would create a huge logistical problem.
Not that I believe anything is going to change from today.

So you are saying thet the pepole of quwait dont deserve a democracy because
you need the place to spread democracy in iraq ? :)


/C

[catalyst]

Caridon......I like the line of thought.....not to serious...good to see...

[asch]

Lets hope that kuwait can get out of its dictatorship and get some Democracy (maby the US can invade and help them ?)
cmon, US own them, what else?
/sarcasm off

[sickofpretenders]

Good riddance to bad rubbish.

Lets hope that kuwait can get out of its dictatorship and get some Democracy (maby the US can invade and help them ?)

/C

Thats a pretty harsh statement. What exactly did he do to make you so glad that he died?

Just because a country is not a democracy does not mean it murders and tortures its citizens. Nor does being a democracy automatically make a country a better and safer place to live than its non-democratic neighbours.

[catalyst]

Just because a country is not a democracy does not mean it murders and tortures its citizens. Nor does being a democracy automatically make a country a better and safer place to live than its non-democratic neighbours.

100% agree...Democracy aint the be all and end all....I love it but that does not mean everyone will...

[caridon]

Thats a pretty harsh statement. What exactly did he do to make you so glad that he died?

Just because a country is not a democracy does not mean it murders and tortures its citizens. Nor does being a democracy automatically make a country a better and safer place to live than its non-democratic neighbours.

I am not happy that he is dead per se, I am happy that this might give kuwait a chance to move out of the middle ages and into modern times.

Kuvait has a rather ****ty human rights trackrecord and is in very great need of reforms, not only democratic reforms.

/C

[sickofpretenders]

I am not happy that he is dead per se, I am happy that this might give kuwait a chance to move out of the middle ages and into modern times.

/C

Thats pretty naive. Perhaps you could metion some examples where the natural death of a dictator lead to democracy of a country...

If you would like to outline to human right track record of kuwait that you find so offensive also I would be gratefull. I am certainly interested in what crimes would make such a free thinker like yourself rejoice at the death of another human.

[caridon]

Thats pretty naive. Perhaps you could metion some examples where the natural death of a dictator lead to democracy of a country...

spain.


If you would like to outline to human right track record of kuwait that you find so offensive also I would be gratefull. I am certainly interested in what crimes would make such a free thinker like yourself rejoice at the death of another human.

You are realy trying hard to build a strawman here. but it dosent work.

I will say this again. I do not rejoice att his death.

/C

[asch]

You are realy trying hard to build a strawman here. but it dosent work.
I will say this again. I do not rejoice att his death.
and a links about crimes...
where?

[RBIH_Troop]

So you are saying thet the pepole of quwait dont deserve a democracy because
you need the place to spread democracy in iraq ? :)


/C

Good point man! A lot of thought shown.

[sickofpretenders]

You are realy trying hard to build a strawman here. but it dosent work.

I will say this again. I do not rejoice att his death.


Good riddance to bad rubbish.


You see anything wrong here?

[caridon]

and a links about crimes...
where?


a short overwiew here http://www.derechos.org/human-rights/mena/kuwait.html

more specific cases at amnesty.
http://web.amnesty.org/library/eng-kwt/index


Generaly you can say that in kuwait you live well if you are a male kuwaiti, everything else and you are a second class person, the courts are corrupt,political rights nonexistant and there are a mass of political prisoners.

The situation is almost as bad as in Saudi Arabia.

/C

[sickofpretenders]

The situation is almost as bad as in Saudi Arabia.

/C

Really? Have you been to either country? Talked to some locals?

[Argyll]

Kuwait is a lovely friendly place,it's spotless for most of it,they're lazy though,and employ Philipin's to do the leg work,whilst the kids drive about Kuwait city in their Mercs Beamers and Porches,sucks you can't get a bevvy like Jordan though.

SOP........are you gigging in the box?