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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/20/opinion/20friedman.html?hp
When Camels Fly
(New York Times) Thomas L. Friedman - The good news is that what you are witnessing in the Arab world is the fall of its Berlin Wall. The old autocratic order is starting to crumble. The bad news is that unlike the Berlin Wall in central Europe, the one in the Arab world is going to fall one bloody brick at a time. Something really is going on with the proverbial "Arab street." The automatic assumption that the "Arab street" will always rally to the local king or dictator - if that king or dictator just waves around some bogus threat or insult from "America," "Israel" or "the West" - is no longer valid. Yes, the Iraq invasion probably brought more anti-American terrorists to the surface. But it also certainly brought more pro-democracy advocates to the surface. But there will be no velvet revolutions in this part of the world. The walls of autocracy will not collapse with just one good push. The old order in this part of the world will not go quietly.