Ohh goody syria is next

[nadinbrzezinski]

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/02/201122171649677912.html

This happens and I should buy stock into pepto bismol. It is going down like candy at both Foggy bottom and Tel Aviv

[tabatha]

1. LOL

[provis99]

2. Assad is pretty popular in Syria.

and Syrians are a conservative and conformist culture; I don't expect much to happen in Syria. I do expect much more to happen in Algeria and Sudan, however.

[cynatnite]

3. Maybe he's popular because 50% of the population is on the state payroll...

He's consolidated power pretty well from the looks of it. With the tight state controls over media and whatnot, it's no surprise that this country will probably continue on with the status quo. They may not even know there is a revolution going on not far from them.

[dkf]

10. What % of Egyptians were on the payroll?

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. I'm not sure, since they do have a higher

unemployment among the youth... same group that exploded in both Tunis and Egypt.

At the very least state security most be ordering the pepto and trying to close down the web..

[JI7]

5. i don't think Syria will be as big as Egypt , but it's always great

if people just have a right to protest no matter the size.

[spanone]

6. reverse domino theory

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domino_theory

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. Well the boys at CIA FINALLY got it to work!

[The Doctor.]

8. You so very rock.

Just postulating is excellent.

[RainDog]

9. Did you already take Yemen into account?

They announced reforms today.

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. I need to do the nightly update, thanks

[pokerfan]

12. Could Saudi Arabia be next?

http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/01/egypt-upheaval-today-jordan-syria-and-saudi-arabia-unrest-tomo/

[nadinbrzezinski]

13. Perhaps, this flu will catch...

Pivot event, that is what we are at.