[Barrie Yates]

Peaceful protests are great, but invariably they are infiltrated by anarchists and thugs. These marches are the next thing to football gangs - not going to watch a game but have a battle with the opposition gang.
IMHO there will never be true democracy in the Middle East, it is not their way.A friend in Saudi, Western educated and a Major in the SAAF told me:
"most people in the Arab World need a "chair", to lead them, a leader, a single person, not a group. Tribal alliances are still very strong.
My feelings are that the Army should be given experience in Crowd Control - it would be cheaper than paying for the damage caused by the rioters.
Who pays to replace the broken windows, say at Santander. Yes the Insurance Company, who then increase the premiums, so Santander pay fractionally less interest on deposits - so it is Joe Public who pays in the end.