Great post!! There's some news coming out of saudi that a demonstration is set to take place on Thursday in the Shia town of Awamiyah. The Shiites in the eastern province of saudi arabia enjoy cultural and tribal ties with their counterparts in Saudi, and they are livid.
Game over. The Egyptian regime is in a real pickle. If they detain demonstrators they'll be condemned by the west. If they kill demonstrators, anger will increase and the number of demonstrators will increase. If the regime gives in to public demands, it will be viewed as a sign of weakness, hence people will be encouraged to continue to demonstrate in order to gain more concessions from the regime. The winds of change are blowing
I think the very foundation of this article is shaky. Usually you compare like for like. The regime in Tunis is very very different from that of Iran. The people are different, Tunisians are Arabs and Iranians in general are persians.
Hezbollah is an Arab and Islamic organization, it's priority and interest is in the Arab word. Everything that happens in the Arab world is viewed as an internal matter. Iran is not part of the Arab world and hence there's no need to interfere in it's affairs.
Another reason behind "Double standards" is that Iran is a semi democracy, whilst 95 % of the arab world regimes are dictatorships.
You can't compare Iran with Tunis.....thought provoking article non the less
I don't think the demonstrations are about food prices and what not. I think the Arab world is fed up with these authoritarian regimes. It's purely political and it has alot to do with the weakness of the united states. People feel more powerful, they feel they can make a change. Lets wait and see what happens.
I meant Bahrain
Great post!! There's some news coming out of saudi that a demonstration is set to take place on Thursday in the Shia town of Awamiyah. The Shiites in the eastern province of saudi arabia enjoy cultural and tribal ties with their counterparts in Saudi, and they are livid.
Game over. The Egyptian regime is in a real pickle. If they detain demonstrators they'll be condemned by the west. If they kill demonstrators, anger will increase and the number of demonstrators will increase. If the regime gives in to public demands, it will be viewed as a sign of weakness, hence people will be encouraged to continue to demonstrate in order to gain more concessions from the regime. The winds of change are blowing
I think the very foundation of this article is shaky. Usually you compare like for like. The regime in Tunis is very very different from that of Iran. The people are different, Tunisians are Arabs and Iranians in general are persians.
Hezbollah is an Arab and Islamic organization, it's priority and interest is in the Arab word. Everything that happens in the Arab world is viewed as an internal matter. Iran is not part of the Arab world and hence there's no need to interfere in it's affairs.
Another reason behind "Double standards" is that Iran is a semi democracy, whilst 95 % of the arab world regimes are dictatorships.
You can't compare Iran with Tunis.....thought provoking article non the less
I don't think the demonstrations are about food prices and what not. I think the Arab world is fed up with these authoritarian regimes. It's purely political and it has alot to do with the weakness of the united states. People feel more powerful, they feel they can make a change. Lets wait and see what happens.