Running for its life!
Here's a story about an Amnesty International report released a week ago that for some reason didn't get a lot of notice on this side of the Atlantic.
The story is a little short on specifics, I suppose to becalm the reader who may still harbor delusions about the liberation of the Tunisian masses from the clutches of a Western-backed dictator.
It doesn't mention the woman who was recently charged with immorality after being gang-raped by four liberated policemen for example.
But let us suspend judgement for the moment; building a democracy takes time...
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Here's another success story from the Arab Spring
You remember Arab Spring, do you not?
Swept through the Maghreb awhile back, and though we didn't see it coming the Nations of Virtue wasted no time in trying to get ahead of this outbreak of freedom, which we certainly managed to do in Libya.
Not that the Libyans seem to appreciate it. Just ask Ambassador Stevens.
Egypt is now in the hands of the Muslim Brotherhood, in Syria things seem to be on hold ever since the Nations of Virtue realized that their proxies doing the actual fighting hate America at least as much as they hate Assad, and in Tunisia...
Well, here's a good news story out of Tunisia, the cradle of Arab Spring, we are told.
Apparently there is outrage over the fact that newly democratic Tunisian police officers are jailed for raping a woman.
It's difficult to ascertain from the story if the outrage is directed at the woman who was raped or the policemen who raped her. Seems to be a bit of both.
Perhaps it is time to heed the advice of Ron Paul and wash our hands of Arab Spring. America could use her resources to better effect in America.
Look around.
It's not as if there's nothing to do.
Swept through the Maghreb awhile back, and though we didn't see it coming the Nations of Virtue wasted no time in trying to get ahead of this outbreak of freedom, which we certainly managed to do in Libya.
Not that the Libyans seem to appreciate it. Just ask Ambassador Stevens.
Egypt is now in the hands of the Muslim Brotherhood, in Syria things seem to be on hold ever since the Nations of Virtue realized that their proxies doing the actual fighting hate America at least as much as they hate Assad, and in Tunisia...
Well, here's a good news story out of Tunisia, the cradle of Arab Spring, we are told.
Apparently there is outrage over the fact that newly democratic Tunisian police officers are jailed for raping a woman.
It's difficult to ascertain from the story if the outrage is directed at the woman who was raped or the policemen who raped her. Seems to be a bit of both.
Perhaps it is time to heed the advice of Ron Paul and wash our hands of Arab Spring. America could use her resources to better effect in America.
Look around.
It's not as if there's nothing to do.
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