The prime minister indicated irritation with his critics when was asked during a press conference with his Kuwaiti counterpart how he could promote democracy and reform in the Middle East while travelling with businessmen selling arms to the region.
Cameron said: "I simply don't understand how you can't understand how democracies have a right to defend themselves. I would have thought this argument is particularly powerful right here in Kuwait which, 20 years ago, was invaded by a thuggish bullying neighbour who disrespected your sovereignty, invaded your country and destroyed parts of your capital city.
Democracies must defend themselves. Mind you, at the moment though these 'democracies' seem to need to defend themselves from their own people; further redefining language. Kuwait, it says here, is a constitutional monarchy. Well, ahem, it also says:
The Constitution of Kuwait was ratified in 1962 and has elements of a presidential and a parliamentary system of government. The Emir is the head of State and has the power to appoint the Prime Minister, dissolve the Parliament and even suspend certain parts of the Constitution.
The Constitution expressly supports political organizations, but they remain illegal as no law has arisen to define and regulate them.
So, kind of a loose-fit democracy that the King can throw off whenever he feels like it... in other words not really a democracy; hence, for example, Kuwait is a prominent centre of human trafficking and indentured labour. Democracy without the guarantee of personal liberty, now that's innovative, radical even. We can expect to see it soon, no doubt, as part of the Big Society.
Yes folks, in the eleventh hour of humanity democracy no longer means "rule of the people" (otherwise how can a 'democracy' attack it's population?) but "countries I like", and by "countries I like" I mean countries David Cameron likes, and the countries he likes are ones that buy his guns.
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