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Protests Rock the Middle East and N. Africa

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Mostly sane, most of the time.2/03/2011 1:38:49 pm PST

re: #43 marjoriemoon

Right. Well, like all good dictators do, they have to have an outside enemy which is the cause of all the troubles. Diverts attention away from themselves and gives the people a “real” reason to be angry.

But if all of this sort of explodes at the same time, which it appears to be doing (even Jordan had protests earlier this week), I don’t see how they can continue to promote that kind of thinking.

Yeah, well, for the record, I’m ready for the US to stop being that outside enemy.