Originally posted by Agnostic Muslim
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Originally posted by Agnostic Muslim
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Ergo. leaders may be changed externally or internally. Internally in Egypt's case. Egypt really was the big test and mattered the most. Tunisia from a geopolitical perspective is much more removed and French turf. Think back to Algeria back in '92, the French would not support a transition there at the time. So why the change of mind when Tunisia came around.
The point is nobody cared about arab self-determination in the past. There have been plenty of protests and riots earlier but hardly made a dent.
Egypt's food riots in '77.
Syria and Hama in '81
Pals and the first intifada in '87, this was peaceful, the second was violent.
Algeria in '88
Shias in Basra in 91
There are probably many more examples but none of them mattered one bit as the old arab order still applied. That order does not necessarily hold any longer. The gulf might get away for some time longer but the heat is on.
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