Mr. Major and the NAC: With all due respect to the elitist of the nepali community as well as the free country that is the US, I have to strongly disagree with all that you have said and all that you stand for. I agree with Prem dai and Nepali tiger on this issue. One thing you have done very well, is point out the problems present in Nepal, but all the .harvards' and the .umichs' have failed to come up with any single possible solution to the problems. We all can list the problems and denounce the actions taken, but great minds are those (mid you, you claim to be one), who can come up with a practical solution to those problems and implement it. You say you will do your utmost to defend the lives and rights of nepalis, sirs and madams, I would love to chat with you as to what the "utmost" you are so willing to do is. You say, it threatens the peace and democracy in Nepal, the way I see it, there was none. Ofcourse there wasnt any peace left, and for democracy, the only evidence of it was the broken down railings in Ratnapark. You say give the power back to the government that represented the people, hell I can say with absolute confidence that they did not represent me, or any of the people I know. All they did was represent themselves and their "own". For all I care, Girija can be in house arrest for the rest of his life, thats the least he can do after screwing up everything possible for our country. And I am not gonna cry a river if I dont see the current politicians back in power. Ofcourse democracy is the ideal of goverment form, but we are not in an ideal situation, are we? I am not saying I totally agree with the move, but in a situation when I cannot think of a better solution, I am willing to give this a shot. I am very skeptical about the move, if the dictator turns out to have worked the situation for his benifit, then he can keep on prolonging this "war", and be in power forever. About human rights, they were being violated, and without any solution in sight, it wasnt going to be any better for a long time, if a sloution could be reached in a short amount of time ..... by risking a little more of what was already going on, again ... this is not a good solution .... but can anyone suggest anything better ??????? For now .... lets hope to god and whatever it is that we have faith in .... that the king is atleast a decent person, cause if not ..... we might as well make ourselves VERY comfortable in this country. Shady