Unfortunate for us and for the world, democracy in the Arab Kingdom is quite improbable, if not impossible. Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Syria and other countries in the world seem united in their efforts to keep on pointing their guns at each other till the end...

But why is the Middle East so unstable? From the start of the uprisings, world leaders and the media thought that things would eventually get better.

Why it never did is another matter altogether. And until somebody comes up with a fresh new formula, democracy in Syria, Egypt, Libya and Tunisia is not going to work.

Libya is still very unstable while even Tunisia faces an uncertain future.

Now, we are approaching a very serious problem in Syria blinkered from an unpleasant reality. Yet, Syria is not the only obstacle in the Middle East. There is also Egypt, an ancient civilisation that has a youth bulge and high unemployment, where the rule of law and economic freedom do not exist. These are the factors that make democracy difficult to achieve.

So whatever the atrocities of the Assad regime, it is perfectly rational for the Syrian rebel groups to keep on fighting tyranny to the death. Having said that, when is this bloodshed going to stop? President Barack Obama has made up his mind to attack despite the Pope and Ban Ki-moon’s appeal for unity.

Like Muammar Gaddafi, Bashar al-Assad must face retribution for using banned weapons against his own people.