The Middle East

The current contagion spreading throughout the Middle East is getting quite unsettling.

Let's see how much the markets are going to be affected by all this.

It looks like everyone is jumping on the bandwagon to protest and demonstrate for supposed democracy but hey wait a sec. Is that really what the protesters are really trying to achieve? Or are they just trying to oust a government where the opposition has smelled an opportunity to take action?

Look at Egypt for example. It all sounded like the right thing to do supporting democracy and ousting an old dictator (even though Egypt as an economy was considered relatively stable). Now that Mubarak is finally out, the unrest is continuing! The people are now getting unhappy with the interim army government too. Another round of demonstrations again? The real Egyptian protesters must be wondering, what the hell did I just get led into protesting for? For all this to continue until the protesting leaders go into government? How much unrest must there be before everything settles down again? What was the true agenda of the protest leaders?

Over time the protesters will realize the true intentions of many of the protest leaders currently leading the unrest across the Middle East. If you want to do it, do it once and do it right. Even in Tunisia, the interim government is a shadow of the old regime and people are still unhappy.

You really want democracy? Protest, topple and vote immediately. That's how it should be done. Procrastinating only leads to more protesting.

Now the Libyan government wants to bomb the protesters. What a joke. Plus all eyes on Bahrain.

I'm just glad we don't have such a situation in Singapore. Or our neighbors. Yet.

Stability is always under-appreciated.