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The Green, Green Arab Summer: I
h/t Gates of ViennaIn the U.S. mainstream media the developments that have followed the misnamed Arab Spring have been curiously under-reported. The reason seems clear: In recent weeks those developments have taken a clear turn away from Western-style democracy, pluralism, tolerance, respect for human rights, etc. (as weve warned, repeatedly, that they would). The turmoil has undermined the regions authoritarian secularists to the benefit of far more authoritarian Islamists. Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-07-13 |
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