Experts opine on the Death of Democracy in the cradle of the Arab Spring. atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasour…
"Saied has weaponized the economic despair of Tunisians in order to consolidate his rule. citizens are distracted by soaring inflation, food shortages, and the plunging value of the dinar— too desperate and disillusioned to prioritize or examine the draft constitution."
"Last year it was also reported that Turkish intelligence had foiled an attempted coup plot inside Tunisia, which was allegedly coordinated by the United Arab Emirates." middleeastmonitor.com/20210730-tunis…
"It cannot be understated, the insidious role that the UAE and Saudi Arabia, have been playing to stir up civil unrest in Tunisia. If President Kais Saied crowns himself dictator, aligning himself with Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia, this could have serious repercussions"
Why is this relevant? Is America immune from foreign interference in elections and removal of democracy? The answer may be obvious. middleeasteye.net/news/tunisia-u…
Trump embraced the Gulf Dictatorships. They embraced him. Jared was the bagman. Is it unthinkable that they would invest significantly in maintaining his rule when he failed them? Would they create conditions to bring him back? wsj.com/articles/saudi…
That was March, When Biden was finally forced to smell the glove er bump the fist, what exactly did he agree to and what did the dictatorships and Israel agree to? washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…
The official version didn't seem worth the trip. Defense, intel, money and lip service to human rights. whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…
MBz same readout. Hmm "President Biden also recognized the importance of the UAE as a force for change and global citizenship"? whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…
The meetings were pure optics...that tiny family businesses run by MBS, MBz and Israel could make the leader of the world's most powerful nation come hat in hand begging for support and get none. Setting the stage for a future meeting with his opposition. politico.com/news/2022/07/0…
Will Trump and Jared be summoned to Riyadh, Abu Dhabi and Jerusalem to solve America's desperate dependence on energy, food and investment? With Putin nodding in the background? It seems the stage is being set. nbcnews.com/politics/polit…
An even more frightening scenario is the arbitrary choice of Vice President. Then 78-yr old Trump will have learned his lesson the hard way. Next time the Gulf will have a better plan for our shift from Democracy to Autocracy. Who is being groomed? bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Egypt, Qatar, Libya, Sudan,Yemen, Ukraine, America and Tunisia are stark lessons in what can happen to democracy when petrofascists focus efforts and align to remove democracies. Whether they fail is irrelevant because the process continues until they get it right. #1922Plan
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