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2011-01-28 Africa North

Bush May Have Set Arab Revolutions in Motion

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Posted by tipper 2011-01-28 11:16|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 And here I thought it was the rise in staple foods prices.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-01-28 11:27|| 2011-01-28 11:27|| Front Page Top

#2 Civil war on a global scale???

Posted by 49 Pan 2011-01-28 13:54|| 2011-01-28 13:54|| Front Page Top

#3 It's all Bush's fault! /s

Posted by tipover 2011-01-28 14:19|| 2011-01-28 14:19|| Front Page Top

#4 Anti American dictatorships generally develop pro American populations in time. Pro American dictatorships are likely to develop anti American populations if we are not very careful.

Having said that we can stop all the innocents led by thugs crap, and worrying about collateral damage so much we put our own military at greater risk. When they are a hostile democracy you know where they stand.

Posted by Rjschwarz 2011-01-28 14:55|| 2011-01-28 14:55|| Front Page Top

#5 I was waiting for the "how can we blame this on the Bush administration" angle to make itself seen.

I smell Iran's stinking hands all over this.

Posted by crosspatch 2011-01-28 16:22|| 2011-01-28 16:22|| Front Page Top

#6 The direct cause is The Bernank and his monetary policies which are exporting inflation to all parts of the world because of the reserve status of the dollar, unlike what happened in Zimbabwe, for instance. The solution is for them to cut their parity with the US which will drive up their currencies. This will make their imports more expensive and push the dollar down further, which I think is what The Bernank want to happen. As the Chinese say, we live in interesting times.

Posted by tipper 2011-01-28 16:38|| 2011-01-28 16:38|| Front Page Top

#7 Most people of the Middle East don't seem to want political freedom, just the freedom to lord it over, abuse and/or kill some kind of underclass, the Jooce, infidels, blasphemers, furriners, uppity women, etc. I don't expect much good to come out of the revolutionary fervor there, just more of the same with different labels.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-01-28 16:50|| 2011-01-28 16:50|| Front Page Top

#8 The direct cause is The Bernank and his monetary policies which are exporting inflation to all parts of the world The other 'direct cause' is the man who re-appointed Bernanke in 2009 and who has been completely asleep at the wheel as far as the US economy and debt crisis go. Obama allows these monetary policies, either out of malice or ignorance.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-01-28 17:14|| 2011-01-28 17:14|| Front Page Top

#9 It is true. Inflation run amock. Food prices are twice as high as last year. Energy prices also very high. Gas. Basically, everything costs more. That alone can bring pressure against a ruling coalition.

Posted by newc 2011-01-28 17:35|| 2011-01-28 17:35|| Front Page Top

#10 Bernanke did it - The Fed, Food Riots, and China

Posted by CincinnatusChili 2011-01-28 19:33|| 2011-01-28 19:33|| Front Page Top

#11 For a guy the left called a chimp-like idiot, Bush sure seems to have put in action a lot of complex conspiracies that work even years after he has left office.

Posted by OldSpook 2011-01-28 21:39|| 2011-01-28 21:39|| Front Page Top

#12 I wouldn't blame the Feds. The Chinese have been running their printing presses for a while too, and using the proceeds to subsidize their export industries. So they get a much higher "multiplier" effect than we do from the same thing.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-01-28 21:51|| 2011-01-28 21:51|| Front Page Top

#13 Oooh dat ol' debbil Bush

Posted by notascrename 2011-01-28 22:30|| 2011-01-28 22:30|| Front Page Top

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