12-20-2020, 03:50 PM
** 20-Dec-2020 World View: The Five Laws of Revolution
Moncef Marzouki, former Tunisian president, was interviewed
on al-Jazeera on Sunday, on the tenth anniversary of the Tunisian
revolution that led to the so-called "Arab Spring" throughout the
Mideast. He said that the Tunisian Revolution was "ordinary," because
it followed his "Five laws of revolution":
Five laws of revolution:
1 - every revolution has a high human cost.
2 - every revolution is followed by a counter revolution
3 - revolutions don't profit the people behind the revolution.
Other people profit.
4 - revolution is like a cat with offspring -- dictatorship breaks out,
good guys who were fighting together now are enemies.
5 - Most important law: It takes a very long time to achieve
the revolution's objectives.
He said that the Tunisian revolution contained three paradoxes:
1st paradox - they started out peaceful, but they led to terrible
civil wars in Libya, Syria, Yemen
2nd paradox - they were secular revolutions, but they gave power
to the Islamists.
3rd paradox - they were local revolutions, but became the
backgrounds [proxy wars] for foreign powers.
Moncef Marzouki, former Tunisian president, was interviewed
on al-Jazeera on Sunday, on the tenth anniversary of the Tunisian
revolution that led to the so-called "Arab Spring" throughout the
Mideast. He said that the Tunisian Revolution was "ordinary," because
it followed his "Five laws of revolution":
Five laws of revolution:
1 - every revolution has a high human cost.
2 - every revolution is followed by a counter revolution
3 - revolutions don't profit the people behind the revolution.
Other people profit.
4 - revolution is like a cat with offspring -- dictatorship breaks out,
good guys who were fighting together now are enemies.
5 - Most important law: It takes a very long time to achieve
the revolution's objectives.
He said that the Tunisian revolution contained three paradoxes:
1st paradox - they started out peaceful, but they led to terrible
civil wars in Libya, Syria, Yemen
2nd paradox - they were secular revolutions, but they gave power
to the Islamists.
3rd paradox - they were local revolutions, but became the
backgrounds [proxy wars] for foreign powers.