Worst Dictators

[The10thLegion]

http://www.parade.com/dictators/2008/index.jsp

After reading this though, Robert Mugabe has been overthrown if im not correct. Do you think the list is correct? Do you think the U.S. is doing right and still having good relations with some of the dictators?

[bushbush]

Hu Jintao worse than Mugabe? Musharraff/

at least Hu's government is bringing in economic development lol, not the opposite.

[The10thLegion]

Well, Hu basically puts himself as a god. Isnt he the one who makes people look at him every 5 minutes?

[bushbush]

Well, Hu basically puts himself as a god. Isnt he the one who makes people look at him every 5 minutes?

really? every 5 min how? China is not like the novel "1984"...

I dont know...he is actually much popular among Chinese than the previous leader, Jiang Zeming and PM Li Peng (most hated leader in China probably).

but to be honest, Hu isn't really a dictator, he has to share power with 8 other dudes. No single man really leads China since Deng Xiaoping.

[The10thLegion]

Actually, my bad i got him mixed up with Kim-Jong il

[Scar Face]

Why the hell is China listed so high in that? The Chinese regime is not even close to as bad as Iran or Mugabe...

Edit: Come to think of it I disagree with virtually the entire order of this list...

[Каие]

Why the hell is China listed so high in that? The Chinese regime is not even close to as bad as Iran or Mugabe...

Bollocks none of them have the potential to destroy and control the world.

[bushbush]

Actually, my bad i got him mixed up with Kim-Jong il

oh ya he is bad. LOL. I wont dispute that.

I probably would rank Hu 8th or 9th, because at least he delivers economic growth and implemented a series of policy trying to reduce inequality (best so far is eliminating the thousand-year old agricultural tax).


but he has proven to be a disappointment for many Chinese who thought he 'd bring political reforms too. So far, he has demonstrated why the old man Deng Xiaoping picked him 20 years ago, just to be a technocrat, making no fundamental changes of the system.


edit:

i am kinda surprised Saudi King is on there too....i mean to be honest, lives in Saudi Arabia is A LOT better compare to the lives of ordinary folks in most other countries. They are filthy rich over there.

[Scar Face]

Bushbush: This list has nothing to do with economic factors, it has to do with political freedom and how the Dictator treats its Citizens- Saudi Arabia deserves to be quite high on that list, oh yes.

[bushbush]

my list:

1. Kim Jong il.

2. generals in Myanmar

3. Mugabe

4. Pakistan president Musharaff

5. Iranian religious leaders

6. Islam Karimov, Uzbekistan

7. Saudi King

8. guess Hu

9. Syrian president

10. leaders from Laos or Vietnam.

[danzig]

:

i am kinda surprised Saudi King is on there too....i mean to be honest, lives in Saudi Arabia is A LOT better compare to the lives of ordinary folks in most other countries. They are filthy rich over there.

Yeah as scar face said its not just economic when you look at Saudi Arabia you are looking at one of the most socially/politically repressive regimes in the world who cares if they are rich. Besides most of that wealth is in the hands of the royal family so they can buy half billion dollar yachts Wealth is just one component.

1. Kim Jong il.

2. generals in Myanmar

3. Mugabe

4. Pakistan president Musharaff

5. Iranian religious leaders

6. Islam Karimov, Uzbekistan

7. Saudi King

8. guess Hu

9. Syrian president

10. leaders from Laos or Vietnam.

Id really put the Saudis much higher...definately ahead of Pakistan Mustaffa is on the end of the rope so to speak for his regime. If he tried to push something now it would probably break out into conflict. 1-3 though are on the mark imo, few people suffer at the hands of idiotic dictator more then the North Koreans and suffer on all levels, basic needs, economically, politically, socially, technologically etc.

[Georgy Zhukov]

A pretty complete list there, though HU came as a bit of a surprise. Not to much.

[Pontifex Maximus]

"President" Hugo Chavez is among the worst. Him and Kim Jung (we whould k) il (him)

[Kiljan Arslan]

Whys China so high? You really want to know why? Give you all a hint starts with T.

Hugo Chavez still allows for free elections. Yes he's a douche but he is in no way a dictator.

[Pontifex Maximus]

Whys China so high? You really want to know why? Give you all a hint starts with T.

Hugo Chavez still allows for free elections. Yes he's a douche but he is in no way a dictator.

Rigged elections in my opinion. He's not honest, it's all an act, he puts on a face to look good internationally.

[Kiljan Arslan]

Rigged elections in my opinion. He's not honest, it's all an act, he puts on a face to look good internationally.

Uh he didn't need to, he's extremely popular. Helped partially by the fact that the US supported the opposition candidate.

[Pontifex Maximus]

Uh he didn't need to, he's extremely popular. Helped partially by the fact that the US supported the opposition candidate.

Still some little red flags that tell me he is a bad guy.

[jermagon]

here's my list

1- Mubarak president of Egypt:has been ruling Egypt since 1981
2-Mubarak:ruling Egypt with iron and fist
3-Mubarak,and guess what he's planning to pass the presidency to his son
4-Fidel Castro
5-Ghadafi the de facto leader of Libya since 1969.
6-Bashar Asad of Syria
7-the presidents of Sudan,Tunisia,Yemen.
8- Kim il jong ping pong -I don't know his last name- of N.Korea

[Kiljan Arslan]

Not saying he isn't. However he still counts as a democraticly elected president.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

Not saying he isn't. However he still counts as a democraticly elected president.

So was Saddam Hussein.