Monday, February 14, 2011

Middle East Dominos?

GlobalVoices reports that a "timetable" is being tweeted around in the middle East.

Feb 14 is to be Bahrain's "Day of Rage.

and will Iran follow?

StrategyPage points out the various cultural and societal influences that complicate the problem, including rich clans running things, corruption, and making Israel the scapegoat for everything.
They worry that a situation like that behind Lebanon and Iraq's civil wars will be the result, not a theocracy like Iran.

So will the Middle East have it's "glastnost" and freedom?

Will Persia or Turkey or Egypt decide to establish a new Caliphate to take back Spain? Will they all gang up on Israel so they don't get blamed for the corruption and stupidity? Will World War III result?

and why does all of this remind us of this warning?
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Things are getting dicey, so dicey that the biggest headline on my Google news is:

Lady Gaga arrives at Grammys in giant egg

Reuters - Danny Moloshok, Jill Serjeant - ‎48 minutes ago‎
Lady Gaga arrives being carried in an egg shaped vessel at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California February 13, 2011.
Lady Gaga Arrives At Grammys In An Egg MTV.com
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Yes, the world is changing, maybe not for the better, but who cares? Let's party!

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