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    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?

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    Hu Jintao worse than Mugabe? Musharraff/

    at least Hu's government is bringing in economic development lol, not the opposite.
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    Well, Hu basically puts himself as a god. Isnt he the one who makes people look at him every 5 minutes?

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    Quote Originally Posted by the tenth legion View Post
    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.
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    Actually, my bad i got him mixed up with Kim-Jong il

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    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...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scar Face View Post
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by the tenth legion View Post
    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.


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    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.
    Last edited by bushbush; April 09, 2008 at 09:53 PM.
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    Default Re: Worst Dictators

    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.

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    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bushbush View Post
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    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.
    Last edited by danzig; April 09, 2008 at 10:09 PM.

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

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

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    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kiljan Arslan View Post
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by _Pontifex_ View Post
    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kiljan Arslan View Post
    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.

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    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


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    Not saying he isn't. However he still counts as a democraticly elected president.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kiljan Arslan View Post
    Not saying he isn't. However he still counts as a democraticly elected president.
    So was Saddam Hussein.
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