"In late January, Kuwaiti satirist Muhammad al-Ajmi was leaving home when his vehicle was surrounded by five cars. He described to the BBC how more than 10 men - some armed - handcuffed and blindfolded him, and bundled him into the back of a car."
Muhammad al-Ajimi posed the question: "What is the point of democracy and freedom if you do not have security?"
Answer Muhammad's question whilst considering the following: Are his criticisms an issue of national security (as they are being treated), what is the importance of freedom of speech, should individuals who partake in freedom of speech be jailed, and finally is freedom of speech an intricate part of democracy-or is it an extra liberty not prescribed innately by the promises made from democracy.
Muhammad's point is valid, there are many countries in the world that try to be democratic, but most of these countries do not have the economy and backbone to actually carry out actions that fortify the idea of democracy.
with democracy come bureaucracy and in developing nations with unstable governments democracy is not the best answer. in countries such as Kuwait the democracy that was put in place after the oil wars with Iran and Saddam Hussein a puppet democratic government was not the right choice for the long term.
