Remember, the whole place used to be a brutal dictatorship, within the memory of anyone much over age twenty-five you see out there.

The new government declared a state of emergency, setting the stage for a brutal, 10-year dictatorship.

Syria, a brutal dictatorship, can do what it wants without ever worrying about the will of its people.

A man who spends 33 years running an intelligence service for a brutal dictatorship is unlikely to be a nice guy.

The government under Hussein was often seen as a brutal dictatorship.

He brought stability to the government and began rebuilding the economy, but his regime was a brutal dictatorship.

His family's brutal dictatorship would last about thirty years.

We will help that nation to build a just government after decades of brutal dictatorship.

But all those who talk tough in this debate, were you also talking tough during 42 years of a brutal military dictatorship?

Yes they may be a brutal dictatorship but we actively support others.