what do u think ordinary people in the middle east can do to change their situation ?

Question

i mean how can people get rid of the dictator leaders & improve their life quality? it seems impossible for ordinary ppl to do anything because if they opposed the government , simply they will be put into prisons. & how can they improve their economical postion if the government is stealing their money. i think to change the sad situation of the middle east we have to change the governments & to improve their economical position. & i don't think that foreign intervention is a good idea because we see the crisis in iraq . so what r the steps that ordinary ppl in the middle east can do to have a better middle east?

Answer 1

The problem w/ the Mideast are the radicals whether they are dictators or terrorist organizations & they maintain power over ordinary people in the Mideast because of the US Govts. involvement in the Mideast. The US Govt. supports any dictator in the Mideast who doesn't attack or threaten Israel (& gives the US oil if they have it) & US troops in the Mideast fuel the fire that keeps terrorists organizations strong. Get US troops out of the Mideast & stop the US Govt. from supporting "friendly" dictators & ordinary/moderate Muslims in the Mideast would have a much better chance of gaining power & changing their lives for the better. But as long as Israel is threatened that will probably never happen.

Answer 2

Support dissidents. It only needs to be successful in one country for the rest of the region to get the message.
Iran is a good place to start because there is palpable pro western sympathies among the people.
Washington should discreetly aid all Iranian groups that support democracy and reject terrorism, either through direct grants or indirectly through nongovernmental organizations. The Iran Freedom and Support Act of 2005 (H.R. 282 and S. 333) would authorize such aid and tighten U.S. economic sanctions on Iran. Washington should also work to defeat the regime's suppression of opposition newspapers, Internet blogs, and other media by increasing Farsi broadcasts by the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, and other information sources. The free flow of information is an important precursor to the free flow of political ideas. The Iranian people need access to information about the activities of dissidents such as imprisoned journalist Akbar Ganji, now on a hunger strike, and the simmering discontent that triggered recent Kurdish riots. Such broadcasts would help underscore to the Iranian people the heavy price that they are forced to pay by their government.

Answer 3

I think one of the main things people in the middle east can do to change their situation is to stop blaming Israel and the US for all their problems and realize that the foundation of their problems arise from their own oppressive, extremist and radical governments. I know it might be politically incorrect to talk about this. But a big part of the problem arises from radical Islam. Islam is not just a religion, but is an entire political system that has an agenda to force everyone to think and behave in one way in a very dictatorial and dogmatic manner. People need to realize how oppressive this is and to organize and resist this. We also need to move towards energy independence in order to make oil obsolete. If the middle eastern countries no longer get financed with billions of dollars of oil money, they will be forced to change their ways and will hopefully become more like the Western world.

Answer 4

Just as the police alone can't make the neighborhood safe neither can the US troops. The local citizenry must be the driving force. If the locals don't work together they are likely to have a Sarajevo or Lebanon. The US had the Hatfields & McCoys. The Islams have the Sunnys & Shitas They have to see the value of peace.

Answer 5

Unfortunately, I think only succesive generations of reform will make the difference. It can't happen overnight because Middle Eastern society just hasn't evolved to the point that European & North American culture has.
Consider Europe in the 14th century for example. The ruling classes where corrupt, ruthless and kept the common citizens in a state of fear and servitude. It took hundreds of years of reform before people where free to be themselves, be succesful and achieve wealth if they worked at it.
It also doesn't help that most middle eastern cultures, schools, governments, mosques and parents, teach their children hatred, racism, distrust and contempt from as early as they can learn. I think our efforts to create democracy in the region can be a positive step in the right direction to help advance civilization there, but don't expect results over night, especially when the radical elements who are the root of the problem are trying to destabilize our efforts.

Answer 6

a very good question. when i was very young and WWII had ended i remember asking my dad and and my uncles who had served why didn't the people in the concentration camps just over power the guard as many were guarded by very few soldiers. no one really provided a satisfactory answer because i didn't understand 'that they were afraid' was valid.

we find it difficult to understand the fear that these people must feel. they must feel powerless and cannot trust their own family members enough to speak out and try to organize.

the terrorist use fear and intimidation in their onslaught to make people crumble to adhere to their views. some may agree and support their ideology but the one who would like to revolt are too afraid. those that have escaped do speak out.

because of this i think it will be difficult for them to organize effectively. that is why it is critical for us to help those who do want/need change as they will not be able to do this internally.

Answer 7

I don't think the "ordinary people" in the Middle East can change their situation; just as the "ordinary people" in Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela, the Sudan, China, and many other oppressed, depressed, countries are unable to change their situation.

Answer 8

Have you ever pondered why THOSE countries, those "civilizations" who gave the world greatness such as Algebra, perfume, Astronomy, music and poetry suddenly stopped? I mean, in the last 1400 years, what have they given the world -- other than terrorism and war? They have fallen into a great abyss.
The answer is to swear off that "religion" and force their conversion by sword thing upon their religious Imans. Kill enough of them and eventually things will improve.

Answer 9

It's such a good question, and one that is so so difficult to answer. Change starts when small groups of people with the same idea get together, then many small groups become larger groups. large groups of people wit the same ideas are hard to control. Change then starts to occur..........BUT there will be pain along the way.

Answer 10

That's a tough one considerin' many of the folk there are so religious, there willin' 2 BLOW themselves into pieces as a sacrifice for there beliefs and there country.....I never been to the middle east but it seems as though most of there leaders and government teams are obsessed in a mixture of money and God(Allah)...??