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Top Ten Myths about the Arab Spring of 2011 | Informed Comment 

A very good list to have handy should you encounter zealots on either side.

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    by Prof. Juan Cole 1. The upheavals of 2011 were provoked by the Bush administration’s overthrow of Saddam Hussein in...
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    That came from the US, didn’t it? Because I don’t know a single person here that would beliefe that shit
  13. iradeh reblogged this from afternoonsnoozebutton and added:
    Maybe Thomas Friedman should read this list. And also, I hate hate people who are convinced that the Arab revolutions is...
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    My first reaction...this list: “Wait, people actually think that?”
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    Juan Cole reporting common sense. But common sense which is lacking.
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