Tunisian Government falls amidst protests

Yawn. My eyes are getting heavy, too heavy. I am trying to watch this news flash and.... ZZZZzzzz.

When people topple a government,I'd say it's pretty significant.They seem to have inspired the Egyptians to do the same.

It's startling to think that no one really knew where exactly Tunisia was a couple of months ago and why it was important to the West. Mark my words though, in a year from now no one will know where exactly Tunisia is and why it is important to the West

A very interesting political event, with possible impacts going outside of Tunisia. The thinking is that similar events could occur in Egypt, Libya, Syria, Algeria, and a couple of other kleptocratic regimes in the region with a weak base of support and aging and/or weak leaders who might not fit into Washington's long-term agenda. The US media is already dubbing this the "Jasmine Revolution", which should tip us off that this was indeed another color revolution along the lines of the 2003 Rose Revolution in Georgia or the 2004 Orange Revolution in Ukraine, or the 2006 Cedar Revolution in Lebanon. The purpose of each revolution was to usher in governments, using elections most of the time, that would serve Western political and economic interests, as opposed to Russian or Chinese interests. I discussed the various traits and underlying motivations of color revolutions in my 2009 review of the disputed Iranian elections. Read for background info. on that subject: http://www.rateital... Read more

Damn; where's Hannibal and his elephants when ya need him?

Not much of a story now - but this poker chip could become much bigger in the North African/Middle East region. Time will tell. . .but really, the Jets beating the Pats was a bigger story.

Dis could be the start a sumpthin' big... http://www.jewishworldreview.com/

Too early to tell how big this story is, so a three star "bookmark" rating. I can see this going numerous ways, from inconsequential to near-catastrophic.

It has been a long time since the educated Tunisian population kept quite, and thought the leadership would be a little bit feel ashamed and says "enough thus far...no more". For the first time ever, for the Tunese to break silence. I supposed the Saudis should not welcome a man who dictated the state, took away the people's wealth, brought disgrace to the Tunisians, and then thought it was worth an impune escape. He must be send back to the hurted Tunisians, and face trial. That's right. He brought a tell-tale mark to the most peaceful North African State. I feel not good about this. If the Saudis fail that request, likely Saudi Arabia will face an indictment of allying with the guilty man.