Well was browsing through and came across some great writing and thought I should throw in my two cents as well. I agree with iZen that this is a phase for infant democracy. The main problem is what the now developed countries faced about 200-300 years ago or may be more?K our dear Nepal is going through right now. The so called ??struggle?? is always on if not a struggle to end the Maoist rebellion then a struggle to rid the world of terrorist. One leads to another and so on and so forth. However, this does not mean that we should carry out the wait and watch game?K definitely NO. what people are looking for is an able leader who can rise to the occasion and take the challenge. In this case I think carrot and stick approach is the most appropriate for Nepal taking into consideration the background and all that jazz. There is a need for someone who can point out the root cause and wipe it out from the grassroots level. Is Gyanendra is an answer to this? Hey... give him a chance?K let??s see if he has it in him. As far as Mr. Ambassador??s comment on America??s involvement is concerned?K not much is going to happen cause Nepal ain??t got no oil ?? One more thing, there are Africans countries facing similar situation as Nepal is but the difference is the Britishers had to create a rift amongst people but hey we are Nepali we don??t need no outsiders to create a rift we can do it ourselves. Live example ?V King, Parties and Moaist.