Revolution in Tunisia; President flees country

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Re: Revolution in Tunisia; President flees country

@goddamniamsoawesome

Right so its come back full circle. I suppose the prices will come down and life will come back to normal. The shootings will continue until order is restored. Ben Ali’s loyal is still in charge. Word to the previous posts.

A revolt that held promise but failed to capitalize.

I would hold off on declaring the revolt a failure, atleast until we know the results of the election. The ruling party is talking to the opposition for the first time, exiled politicians are being let back in to the country and political prisoners were just released from prison. All of that coupled with the fact that the military is firmly on the side of the people(they were fighting against Ben Ali’s loyalists yesterday) leads me to believe that the ruling party won’t be able to snatch power that easily anymore.

On a related note, three people, in Algeria, Egypt and Mauritania, have set themselves on fire in protest against the government.
http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE70F0UL20110116

Man sets himself on fire in Cairo protest

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iKXN1ZN3SS8LoK9Kz-0Eb_jPgk-Q?docId=bf0a61839db345c387e71f11b09f166c

Not sure if self immolation itself will get a revolution started in those countries, since I think that the case in Tunisia was unique, but I do hope that the people in those countries show the same courage the Tunisians showed and get out on the streets en masse.