Still, once the communists have power, the Nepalese will discover that they have jumped from the frying pan into the fire. That has been the case in every nation they have taken power without exception. Look at Czarist Russia, Czar Nicholas's government may have killed several thousand or tens of thousands, which made him look like a piker in comparison to the tens of millions Lenin and Stalin killed. Ditto the comparison between Kuomintang China and Mao's China, Ditto Bautista's Cuba and Castro's Cuba, Ditto Cambodia, Ditto Laos, Ditto Vietnam, Ditto Korea, Need I go on????
I don't care how bad your current government is, communism has always made the situation worse. Any passing familiarity with history will show that in stark terms.
The reason why the Maoists have any local support at all is bacause this deranged King makes them look so good in the eyes of common Nepalese people. There is a large silent majority in Nepal that wants neither this King nor the Maoists. There voices have been brutally supressed by both the King and the Maoists. For a country that is dirt poor the royal family (including Price Paras) have been splurging government money on personal luxury while the rest of Nepal wallows in extreme poverty.
http://insn.org/?p=1471
http://66.116.151.85/?p=1471
Meanwhile bankrupt Nepal seeks foreign aid.
http://insn.org/?p=1476
According to some FReepers here, if you are not supporting the King's reign of terror and killings then you must be on the side of the Maoists which is plain ridiculous. The first priority for Nepal has to be the restoration multi-party democracy.