Armchair intellectuals are the biggest liability of a democracy.

Who's the better of the two? A dictator by conviction, or a democrat by compulsion?

A good terrorist incident is all it takes for a 'democrat' to become an 'elected dictator'.

Modern democracy: Government of the irresponsible, by the irresponsible, for the irresponsible.

So when are America and Nato going to bring democracy to North Korea and China?

While the established ruling systems in the Middle East seem to be coming to an end, the spurious brand of democracy practiced in the West is also running out of steam. Maybe it is time for the East and West to come up with a new and common system that addresses the challenges of the new century.