>>BTW: Tito and his regime were no angels either.
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>In what respect? See dragans reply... he lived there. He did drive the communists out and provided a healthier economy.

Don't get me wrong - he was a communist. It's just that the society they built was a soft socialism, what with the market economy and self-management at all levels (except, of course, the things The Party decided in advance). As they called it, "socialism with a human character" (actually the last word means all of "face", "persona", "character in a play" and "image").

At least, there wasn't much in terms of FCC content regulation on TV - looking now at old movies of Žika Pavlović, Aleksandar Petrović and Dušan Makavejev, there's no way they'd be shown on any regular channel here nowadays without being severely amputated :).

>If you ask me, the problem in the arab world is best help with a strong dictator who want best for the people, suppresses ethnic conflicts (like sadam did), provides excellent, schooling, opens up their economy, create a secular society.
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>Only after that has been provided for a few decades the time is right for democracy. You simply cannot force a democracy... It just takes time...

...and the time is about five generations for the people to learn the tricks of political parties, and see through them, and even then it doesn't help much. They still vote for the same idiots :).