I can only marvel at the extraordinary events that have taken place in Tunisia in just the last few days.
I marvel at:
- How demonstrations by the people forced a previously invincible dictatorial president to flee - a man who had been in corrupt and iron-clad power for 23 years
- How the people of Tunisia made that which was unthinkable just a few months ago reality - very stark reality - and all within a matter of weeks, even days
- How YET AGAIN the power of the Internet to serve as conduit for much-needed change and for good has been proven
- How a decidedly undemocratic and oppressed nation has been decidedly turned upside down
- How a relatively small nation of the Maghreb is going to make every other oppressive regime in the entire region scared - VERY scared - and that's only a good thing
- How people who are sick of oppression and rising fuel and food costs really can bring down an entire government
- How revolutions really do occur on empty stomachs and with angry minds
- How I on the southern tip of the African continent can be so moved and energized by the actions of citizens on the northern tip of this continent
Goodbye, Ben Ali, you bastard...good riddance to bad rubbish, no doubt.
Now I can only hope that the Tunisian people will get the free and fair elections and open, unoppressive government that they deserve after what they have achieved.
And they no doubt deserve that...
Do you get my point?
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