tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1042587494012331021.post5963919009562007833..comments2023-09-07T03:20:24.100-07:00Comments on Revolutions and Political Violence: TunisiaMichael Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09669512353829041768noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1042587494012331021.post-39866866389282070522013-04-19T18:46:10.072-07:002013-04-19T18:46:10.072-07:00I was feeling so optomistic when I started reading...I was feeling so optomistic when I started reading this article. I was thinking that although there might be some challenges, it is nothing they can't overcome. Then came that last sentence, "If the country cannot ease the people’s qualms of dignity, we might just see the “Birthplace of the Arab Spring” meet its end far too soon."<br />This was a good post and I believe that structuring it to start positive and end with a "possible" negative sentence was a creative way to mimic the situation in Tunisia. <br />I believe Tunisia's future rests on the Tunisian people's patience. Using the bad economy and high unemployment as a motivator to change governments was inspiring but now the government is only going to last as long as the Tunisian's can stomach being unemployed. <br />Taking the loan from the IMF was risky because of the strict regulations that come with it. The question now is how is the government going to spend this money. If they spend it on infrastructure and creating jobs, the government could be seen as one of the people. If they spend it on something the people might not see as helping the economy, like the military, then the citizens probably won't believe their government is addressing their most pressing needs. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08935492712041339973noreply@blogger.com