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What We Really Need Is Democracy

By Kate on May 15, 2012 9:22 PM | 10 Comments

Forecast for Tunisia - As hopes fade for an Arab Spring, the country where the movement started remains a sunny spot—but for how long?

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syncrodox | May 15, 2012 9:56 PM | Reply

That's rhetorical...right?

Ken (Kulak) | May 15, 2012 10:25 PM | Reply

The establishment of precarious democracies in a few of that region will only slow down the efforts of the Islamists to establish a middle eastern caliphate. They are in it for the long haul.

Knight 99 | May 15, 2012 11:45 PM | Reply

....“Every Islamist in the world has the same ambition—the Islamization of the society,” I was told by Rami Sghayier, a young activist who works with Amnesty International. “A moderate doesn’t mind if it takes 10 or 20 years. An extremist wants it now. That’s the difference.”

What more needs to be said.

syncrodox | May 16, 2012 12:34 AM | Reply

Nothing.

Johan i Kanada | May 16, 2012 7:17 AM | Reply

Well, I listened to an interview with the current president (can't recall his name)and it sounded quite promising.
With a decent constitution, and there is hope for Tunisia.
Note also that Tunisia, culturally speaking, is quite modern, so e.g. it won't be easy to lock up the women again.
We'll see, but I am hopeful.

ct | May 16, 2012 11:07 AM | Reply

Nothing Knight99!
Simply that the economic deterioration of the EU will speed things up. A decrease in demand for world crude oil will undermind the OPEC budgets in the process.

Dave | May 16, 2012 1:39 PM | Reply

When NATO was bombing Lybian government forces to support Islamist rebels I realized this Arab Spring was just a sham.

LAS | May 16, 2012 2:28 PM | Reply

Sounds like Tunisia doing pretty well. The Islamist takeover we were forever warned of in Libya isn't happening either.

Knight 99 | May 16, 2012 9:26 PM | Reply

LAS >

You've proven to be a trolling idiot on any thread you've commented on LAS, no different here.

Run of the mill troll.

LAS | May 16, 2012 9:56 PM | Reply

What an astute criticism Knightcap. I had never thought of the issue that way before.

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