Wedeman: Tunisia's military putting boot on 'Jasmine Revolution'

[Joanne98]

TUNIS, Tunisia (CNN) -- Are jackboots already trampling the "Jasmine Revolution"?

It happened with breathtaking speed. Within a matter of weeks, Tunisia went from being a beacon of authoritarian, pro-Western stability to a country in open, nationwide revolt. A largely leaderless, spontaneous popular movement drove the head of state from power.

At the moment it's not clear whether that movement will result in real change, or just a change at the top.

Shortly after Friday's massive demonstrations in Tunis, which reached a crescendo outside the hated Ministry of the Interior on Avenue Mohamed V, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled the country, taking refuge in Saudi Arabia.

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/01/15/tunisia.wedeman.scene/

[Turborama]

1. K&R thanks for posting n/t

[DCKit]

2. And so, the spin begins.

What is the "free" media saying about this?

[femrap]

3. May the Tunisians

be the first of many....Egypt, Sudan, and others.

[Ozymanithrax]

4. An interesting note at the end of the story...

Revolution, real revolution resulting in an overthrow of the existing order along the lines of 1979 Iran, is far less probable.

Iran replaced a tyranical right wing Shah who allowed allowed women to live with something more approaching equality and more religous freedom with a tyranical, religous theocracy.