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Essay / Dictators: a threat, especially in Afghanistan
When you look at all the different countries around the world, you can see many different forms of government. Some of these shapes are more complicated than others, but they all have a distinct similarity. The country's citizens are free to support or oppose their government. This capability creates a circuit that allows the government to know when it is moving down a path that the population does not support. This feedback loop prevents the government from doing anything wrong. Without this freedom, the circuit is broken and something is wrong. It's like that in dictatorships. The freedom people have to oppose their government no longer exists because one person has taken total control of everything. This makes dictatorships a great danger to other countries, because this feedback loop no longer exists. Without this feedback loop to correct the government, the dictator will be able to lead the country in the direction he wants. This makes dictators a massive threat to all other countries. The only way to protect other countries from raging dictatorships is to oust them before they reach full maturity. These future dictators must be removed from their position of power before they can become a dictator with unchecked powers. A future dictator like Hamid Karzai must be removed from power before he can completely take control of the Afghan government. To do this, the United States must take the lead and act. They must convince NATO or the UN to send men to remove Karzai from his post. The usual US reaction would be to wait and see if the Karzai dictatorship would openly threaten the US and not react until it was too late. At that time, dictator Karzai... middle of article ......org/2008/03/19/public-attitudes-toward-the-war-in-iraq-20032008/>.Rawlings , Nate. “Karzai said he had secret talks with the Taliban.” Time.Com (2014): 1. Commercial source completed. Internet. May 6, 2014. “Saddam “caught like a rat” in a hole. » CNN. Cable News Network, December 13, 2003. Web. May 6, 2014. .Subramanien, Courtney. "Karzai refuses to sign security agreement with the United States." Time.Com (2013): 1. Commercial source completed. Internet. May 6, 2014. Trotta, Daniel. “Iraq War Costs US More Than $2 Trillion: Study.” Reuters. Thomson Reuters, March 14. 2013. Internet. May 6, 2014. “U.S. National Debt Clock: Real Time.” US national debt clock: real time. Np, and Web. May 6, 2014. Zakaria, Fareed. "Karzai's not-so-crazy endgame." Time 183.6 (2014): 24. Business SourceComplete. Internet. May 6 2014.