the tulips have wilted

A while ago I wrote about how all of these so-called democratic revolutions that are championed in the West weren't improving the situation in the countries where they take place. I questioned if the Kyrgyz Tulip Revolution in March that drove Akayev from power would really change anything. It unfortunately didn't take long for things to play out. Politicians are being shot dead on the streets and officials investigating corruption are getting sacked. Even their own parliament declared in a resolution that, "the criminal situation in the country has sharply deteriorated over the past several months." In addition, Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev stated that, "It is no secret to anyone that law-enforcement agencies and bandits are to a certain extent working together." As EurasiaNet points out, Kyrgyzstan's Revolution is at risk because:

...the political tension in Bishkek could deepen the divide separating residents of northern Kyrgyzstan from southerners. Many northerners associate the rise in crime and corruption with the March revolution, which was led mainly by politicians with southern political roots, including Bakiyev. In a broader sense, the political wrangling is prompting many Kyrgyz to lose faith in the revolution’s potential to bring about a more responsive government. The great popular complaint against Akayev’s regime was that it had grown out of touch with the day-to-day concerns of the population. Now, the perception is growing among Kyrgyz citizens that members of the executive and legislative branches are intent mainly on accumulating personal wealth and gaining control over income-generating state assets, instead of working to improve socio-economic conditions in the country.

At some point the people of Kyrgyzstan are going to have to stop asking for everything while doing nothing. They need to get out of the handout mentality which runs throughout their society.