Heavy Weapons, Armor, Aircraft, And Revolution.

Saturday, March 26, 2011 - 13:30 in Psychology & Sociology

Successful Revolutions and Unsuccessful rebellions follow a common pattern: those who hold the heavy armored weapons and aircraft usually win in the street.  This is one major reason why the participation of elements of the military are very often critical in revolutions, and why the Egyptian revolution succeeded in the way that it did while other attempts at revolutions such as the 1989 Tienanmen square attempt failed, the Shiite uprising in 1991 failed, and the Iranian Green movement also failed. Kudos to the administration for demonstrating how the US military should be deployed -- with wise and decisive timing in support of a strong domestic movement which is region wide, and has already shown its ability to topple two North African dictatorships.  read more

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