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"Good evening. Today, my first day as your new King, I'm here to announce all borders are closed, Congress is being detained for questioning, and the new guillotines are on their way! It's morning in BuchananLand!" |
Now if he rounded up lawyers as well, he might be on to something...
"Old School" Monarchy.
It is goog to be king.
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"mouse on the moon" alert.
Kill him now before his power grab solidifies. A nice car bomb should do the trick.
King Gyanendra is widely perceived as a weak leader and prior to his assention to the throne, he was a disliked royal known for his 'playboy' lifestyle.
Since the democratization of Nepal, the endless factions have done a great job of paralyzing effective leadership and the commies have not been loath in making use of the situation.
While openly present since 1990, the commies have stepped up their action in recent years. Last fall, in a demonstration of power, the Maoists severed all land connections to Khatmandu and all traffic stopped. King Gyanendra is trying to stem the disintegration of his hold on the country through this action.
Like the British FO Minister said "This action will increase the risk of instability in Nepal, undermining the institutions of democracy and constitutional monarchy in the country..." I tend to agree since the solidity of the Monarchy has been shakey for over a decade and further shakeups and rearrangements of government without results in stemming the communists will only serve to strengthen the idea of a disposable government
Nepal, small as it is, is pretty important considering an annexation by communists would only tend to advance Chinese confidence in controlling the region. Alternatively, Nepal is a border country between China and India and as such acts as a buffer between two nations that desperately hate each other and, secretly, wish to control South Asia.
In short, this is a bad thing unless King Gyanendra can pull his fat from the fire. Four years of his bungling doesn't offer much promise.
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"Good evening. Today, my first day as your new King, I'm here to announce all borders are closed, Congress is being detained for questioning, and the new guillotines are on their way! It's morning in BuchananLand!" |