Arab Spring

Things seem to have lost their momentum in what is being called the Arab Spring, but it's just a temporary setback. People who have toppled their autocrat like Tunisians and Egyptians will not tolerate more of the same thing under a different dictator or the army. 

It was sad the peace attempt by the African union when they met the Libyan rebels earlier this week. How can such a plan include keeping Gadafi and his family? The rebels have it right, no compromises with Gadafi.  But other African leaders had to stand behind Gadafi because he has stood behind them in the past. Things are getting just as bad in Syria, where the army, the police, secret police and even people loyal to Assad are firing on peaceful protesters. But notice how the west is not getting involved, unlike in Libya?

In fact it's something that has struck me. America and Europe have been supportive of the people in some countries and supportive of the dictator in other countries.  Russia and China have been deadly silent.  China has also been blocking all the news coming from the Arab world. I suppose they don't want the Chinese to realize that they too could protest against their regime.  Heck even countries like Israel and Turkey are choosing which people are their allies and which dictators. Same with most African countries. In some cases they support the current regime, in some cases they support the people.

So the people in Syria and Bahrain are going to have to fight the system extra hard because it seems no one will help from the outside. If anything Bahrain's neighbors want to keep everything exactly as is and fuck the will of the people.

The fear that some alarmists are trying to scare us with is that if more Arab countries topple their current leader, that the whole region will become fundamentalism Muslim. That it will give rise to ultra conservative groups. However did you notice how the only country where they were riots following the Koran burning by the twit in Florida was Afghanistan? 

Remember last year when the same twit threatened to burn the Koran, there were protests in most Middle eastern countries?  It's not like the Egyptians weren't out there in force protesting to bring Mubarak to Justice. They could have rioted over the Koran burning, but they didn't. Human rights and democracy are more on their minds then 1 twit in Florida.   The reason why they protested in Afghanistan is because of the how oppressed people are and it is a way of fueling anger.

The fight for freedom and human rights will keep going. The Arab youth will see to it. And when Libya finally gets rid of Gadafi the momentum will pick up again. One thing for sure, this is a Pandora's box that once opened will not be closed again.  The will of the people will prevail!