being reflective vs being deflective..can both still be leaders...?

Reflective is absorbent in nature. Deflective is defensive in behavior. Both can be leaders in their ways and manner the nature of culture accepts them. Ideally a culture should accept a reflective leadership. But regrettably, leaders are of deflective in nature has occupied the central stage in middle east and Asian countries. Why? Generally, a group of their kind has emerged and the rule is well based on the principle of gangster ism. Can anybody reflects further on this? Or you just dismissed this just because you belong to another category of leadership. Allahuakbar.