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| More African Countries At The Brink of Implosion |
| 2011-05-08 |
| 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 |
| #2 Some local Filipinos here on Guam insist that it was the anti-MARCOS, pro-CORY AQUINO "PEOPLE POWER" REVOLUTION in the PHIL, + NOT the intervention of the late POPE JOHN PAUL II, that led to the rise of the SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT, REVOL IN POLAND + ultimately the COLLAPSE OF THE BERLIN WALL + USSR??? At Manila's MENDIOLA BRIDGE. * ION PHILIPPINES, WORLD BULLETIN.NET > "MALAYSIA THREAT" [to end their brokerage of peace talks] FORCE MORO MUSLIMS [Rebels] TO GIVE UP INDEPENDENCE OPTION. Some Rebs say they never desired or supported independence to begin with. IMO methinks it has more to do wid the RISING ISLAMIST THREAT TO MALAYA-INDONESIA + the PHILS, i.e. foreign Muslims intefering [dominate?]in Phil Muslim affairs. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-05-08 23:24 |
| #1 Hmm. USA: 4.5 out of 6. |
| Posted by: Zebulon Thranter9685 2011-05-08 15:10 |