"All you can hope to do is suggest that the king is no better than the communists, which is ridiculous of course. "
Should read as: "All you can hope to do is suggest that [a Pol Pot style dictator] is no better than the communists "
Yup thats right.
India would condemn Nepal to a Khmer Rouge style slaughter and for what? To appease their own traitorous pro-Chinese commies.
The states worst affected India due to Maoist terror are the ones ruled by the commies i.e West Bengal and Socialist ruled Bihar. The Commies and Socialists have lost the largest number of their cadres to the Maoists and Naxals. And its the Commies that have wiped out the Maoists/Naxals in West Bengal. This can happen only in a democracy.
Neither dictatorship nor communism can replace democracy or can even be thought of as a temporary alternative untill conditions are "favourable for democracy to grow".
Let India get it's way and you'll really see a Pol Pot style dictator. Pol Pot was the fourth greatest mass murderer in all of history you know.
Gyanendra is more like Pinochet. The more commies he kills, the better.