Are Western-Educated Dictators Better Behaved? - Robert M. Danin - International - The Atlantic
►http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/12/are-western-educated-dictators-better-behaved/249610
Many observers simply assumed that because these three men were not only bilingual but bicultural—mixing easily among Western jetsetters—that they would bring home with them Western values and progressive approaches. If anything, they embodied a sense of superiority and entitlement, not equality among common citizens. Their privileged experiences in the West seem to have bred contempt and condescension for their fellow countrymen. While they may have known which fork to use at a palace dinner, it turns out that they were equally comfortable with the AK-47 and the killing and bloodshed it produces.