By Noam Chomsky
Truth-out.org
Published: February 3, 2011
“The Arab world is on fire,” al-Jazeera reported on Jan. 27, while throughout the region, Western allies “are quickly losing their influence.”
The shock wave was set in motion by the dramatic uprising in Tunisia that drove out a Western-backed dictator, with reverberations especially in Egypt, where demonstrators overwhelmed a dictator’s brutal police.
Observers compared the events to the toppling of Russian domains in 1989, but there are important differences.
Continued. . .
February 4, 2011
"The Arab World Is on Fire"
"The Arab World Is on Fire"
