matyangro, thats a valid point. international community will speak up loud against communism. maoists are well aware of this and that is the only reason which stopped them from attacking ktm. they would have invaded ktm long time back, if they did not care about the international pressure. maoists themselves want to change their image . they don't want the tag of "hardcore communists" . they know that will falter their dominance. the very fact that they are committed with SPA for multiparty democracy, says a lot about their intent. so don't worry ....we are not going to be another north korea or cambodia for the matter. thaha payen, maoists are certainly taking advantage of the inept political parties. that IS politics. even you will grow by default if the your opposition is weak. but that have not changed maoists ideologies. they were for republic from the very beginning. people and even the parties had no idea about what they were asking for. now, after 10 yrs of chaos, everyone seems to have been enlightened. monarchy has been the biggest hurdle in the path of development of nepal. even a dog knows that now....a large part of this enlightment should be credited to maoists and their revolution. Indisguise, as i already mentioned, no revolution is possible without bloodbath. if we digested huge loss of lives during the national integration/unification league initiated by prithvi narayan shah, then why can't we digest maoists violence? prithive narayan shah united nepal politically, so we can call ourselves nepali. The maoists are fighting for a balanced and unjust society which is more pivotal for country's progress. It should be understood that it requires a brute force to remove some 250 yrs old autocratic regime. maosits are catering for that force. accept it. so maoists rock!! fan of maoists loote