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More African Countries At The Brink of Implosion
Excerpt:B. Knowing the Enemy The modus operandi of all dictators are essentially the same: They seize control of six key state institutions (the security forces, the media, the civil service, the judiciary, the electoral commission and the central bank), pack them with their allies or supporters and debauch them to serve their interests The Chicago Way. To succeed, a popular revolution must wrestle control of at least one or more of these institutions out of the dictator's clutches. The game was over for Ben Ali of Tunisia and Hosni Mubarak of Egypt when street demonstrators won over the security forces. Such were the cases in Philippines in 1986 and Georgia in Nov 2003 when the security forces were charmed with roses; hence, the Rose Revolution. Ukraine's Orange revolution of Nov 2004 won the Supreme Court to its side and Pakistan's Black Revolution of March 2007 had the full support of the judiciary. Posted by: Besoeker 2011-05-08 |
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