Are the Arab States Going the Way of the Soviet Block?
One by one, the Soviet Union and its satellites, which were all controlled by a matched set of hideous dictators, fell to the power of the people and eventually got that most fragile of freedoms; democracy. Now, only a couple of the former hard-line Communist states are the sort of places that wouldn’t tolerate people thinking like me.
So are we now seeing a similar domino effect in the various Arab states?
I do hope so, but if we are, will the dictators go as quietly and quickly?
I suspect not!
The Anonymous Widower 
I cant answer the question, except to say that the various issues in the Arab states differ greatly from state to state. And some very very wealthy Arab states could fund certain factions in certain states. The similarity between the break up of USSR and the situation in North Africa and South Asia at the moment is not as great as it seems.
Comment by liz | February 19, 2011 |