Massive protests in Syria demanding freedom continue - Will this end the Egyptian or Libyan way?
“Protests in Syria started on 26 January 2011 and were influenced by other protests in the region; on the same day, one case of self-immolation was reported. Protesters have been calling for political reforms and the reinstatement of civil rights, as well as an end to the state of emergency which has been in place since 1963.
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On March 22, as a result of the protests, the Governor of Daraa was fired, but this didn’t mollify the protesters. Demonstrations increased, and on 24 March, it was reported that hundreds had been killed in marches at Daara that exceeded 20 thousand.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Revolutions#Syria
Will the UN Resolution 1973 concerning Libya deter Syria’s Bashar al-Assad?
Will the Syrian military take the side of the demonstrators like in Egypt?
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Certainly hoping the Egyptian way.
The “Egyptian way” hasn’t fully resolved yet. If the “Egyptian way” results in an Islamist state, then it won’t be a generally happy outcome for anyone but the mullahs and their goons.
What is causing this sudden uprising and demand for democracy all over the world?
@WasCy – An Islamist Egypt seems unlikely at the moment. The Brotherhood won’t get a majority at the next election. It was secular Muslims in Egypt who triggered the revolution, not Islamists.
@Dutchess_III – Major reasons: No jobs for young educated people. No freedom of speech. Human rights violations like torture by the police is commonplace. The list is very long. Because of the Internet Arabs know about the rights and the opportunities we enjoy in Western societies.
Ohhhhhhhhhh. The internet would explain it! Before, when rumors would filter back about the way we live, the government could convince the people that it wasn’t true. I head that in the USSR, when select visitors came to the states, they were told that everything they saw was “staged.”.....
I don’t see it going the Egyptian way. The Syrian Army opposed the reforms that President Assad tried to bring in when he took office. It is still basically a police state but the president seems fairly popular. Like most revolutions it is unpredictable. I can’t see the West getting involved as it has in Libya.
@Dutchess_III – Exactly. Before the Internet Arabs had to rely on relatives or friends who had traveled Western countries. Local tv and newspapers had been censored. Same in the Soviet Union. In part this still applies to China today, but the Internet is so huge, censorship is difficult. It’s possible to create pro-China JPG picture and hide an anti-China message inside the binary code of the picture.
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