As I look at the events that have been unfolding in the middle east over the past many weeks, I am frustrated at the fact that horrific parts of world's history are repeating again. A decadent and ruthless regime is killing its own citizens and destroying its cities using tanks, air craft and mercenaries. A determined yet disunited opposition tries to hold ground. In the back ground the European nations, who have the power to help the oppressed bicker among themselves on what to do. The sole super power makes idealistic statements but lacks the moral courage to lift a finger.
However the dissent that has erupted in the the middle east is not something that can be snuffed out but superior fire power or organized crackdown. Even if the decadent middle east regimes succeed in putting out the flame of dissent for now, the embers will remain waiting for the right time to flare up. Only next time they will not be showing dissent using peaceful protests and they may not much care about democratic means of changing a government. Also they would have found new allies in the form of Islamic extremists.
A brief glance at the French and Russian revolution gives ample pointers on how dissent suppressed re-emerges as dissent violent.
There are natural disasters and man made disasters- A revolution wrought in blood is a man made disaster and it leaves a scar on humanity more horrible than a natural disaster.
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