Where are the white/white-looking despots and dictators? There are quite a few in Eastern Europe and Central Asia...

If he were still alive, the famous French police officer Alphonse Bertillon, would come up with this same conclusion: from the anthropometric perspective, all dictators are ugly. Again, we're back to the most important question criminologists have been trying to answer from the beginning of this world: why do people become criminals? Of course, there's a combination of factors, internal and external, that are often pointed at, although the rational choice perspective seems to dominate the debate. William Bratton, the former NYPD Chief, once said that "the problem of crime is the criminal", thus reasserting that individuals are free to choose to become criminals and that they shouldn't blame external circumstances. Now, let's look at our own African zoo, what I've referred to in several occasions at Foreign Policy as the 'Animal Club of Despots". Is there beauty out there among African dictators and tyrants? No matter the language you speak, the answer is clearly: no, nein, niet, apana!
Is ugliness behind the criminogenic behavior of African tyrants? From the mugshot of the club, the answer is inevitably: yes!

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Without a power of good and strength to counter them, the Worst will get Worse.

Iran is expanding its reach. What comes to my mind when I think about Iranian expansion is Hezbollah, IRCS, support of terrorism, and a staunch opposing view towards America. Ahmedinijad is easily one of the more pressing threats America faces for the near to midterm as Iran expands its presence in Ecuador, Venezuela, and Cuba.
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Museveni won his 2011 election fairly. One thing you fear in African elections is that the results will be close and the losing side won't accept it which leads to riots. In Uganda everyone knew that Museveni was going to win. Even people who are tired of him, sort of felt that they could stand another term because he's old and he's got to retire soon. It wasn't a close election.

Besigye was not a strong opposition candidate. His only claim to fame is that he married Museveni's former mistress. In the 2001 elections people viewed him as an outsider who wasn't corrupt. This is because he was an unknown doctor, not a politician. (The 2001 election actually was stolen btw, Besigye should have won that). But these days Besigye is viewed as just another politician and people distrust his tendencies towards violent rhetoric.

Museveni is a pretty good leader. You could fault him for not defeating the Lords Resistance Army fast enough, but in the end he did that. Recently he's been working to de-arm the northern tribes and stop the cattle raiding. In Kenya and Sudan, they haven't done anything like that. Uganda has much less violent crime than either of those two countries. Not just the cattle raiding zones, but also it's safer in urban areas.

Museveni's leadership has been good for the economy. He's friendly towards small businesses. You could say that the Ugandan economy is not as good as the Kenyan economy. But Kenya didn't have so many wars so it had a head start. Also if I were poor, I'd prefer to be poor in Uganda instead of working on the flower farms in Kenya.

Perhaps the main reason that Museveni won his election is the old people. People talk about how during the regimes before Museveni, the soldiers raped their mothers and then under Museveni there was peace. These are people who say they'll always vote for him as long as he still can breath.

It's ironic that everyone condemns the riots in England but in Uganda when people riot then it means the government should just resign. Obviously it wasn't handled correctly, but at the same time Besigye just likes to stir up trouble. They gave hefty jail sentences to people inciting riots in England...

Also Besigye is an idiot. What does he expect Museveni to do about gas prices? Gas is expensive everywhere in the world right now. Implementing massive fuel subsidies sounds nice but the money to pay for it has to come from somewhere.

Term limits are great, but from a short term perspective, Museveni is a far better president than Besigye would have been.

"Fox News couldn't even find Egypt on the map" You could also mention that CNN showed Tripoli in Lebanon and not Libya on their maps - that way it would be more unbiased.
It seems fitting that an African from Ghana should remind us that most of the despots are in Africa where the rule of terror is prevelant.
However linking the brother of Castro, who is a reformer compared to the others is disingeneous.
And yet Mugabe is missing.
Rather choose Belyrussia for a white despot that is still living, and even Putin in Russia fits the bill nicely, as does many of the Stans.
And where is the old Burma - seems the author needs a lesson in geography and history.
Sadly this seems to be a mess of an article.

http://conservapedia.com/List_of_dictators

Now, let's look at our own African zoo, what I've referred to in several occasions at Foreign Policy as the 'Animal Club of Despots". Is there beauty out there among African dictators and tyrants?

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Tactics like clamping down the resolution with a heavy fist or an attempt to mollify the protesters with job reforms or financial assistance is not going to help any dictator from facing the wrath of democracy-mongers. Once the pledge for uprooting the dictatorial regime has been taken by the pro-democracy activists it would only be time before these regimes will topple, sending their autocratic heads to seek asylum in foreign lands. Lessons learned from the political upheavals in Egypt and Libya resonates with the pro-democratic sentiment swaying throughout the world like fly zapper. All the dictators will take a fall, if not today, may be tomorrow.

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Fox News couldn't even find Egypt on the map" You could also mention that CNN showed Tripoli in Lebanon and not Libya on their maps - that way it would be more unbiased.
It seems fitting that an African from seslichat Ghana should remind us that most of the despots are in Africa where the rule of terror is prevelant.
However linking the brother of Castro, who is a reformer compared to the others is disingeneous