Friday, August 19, 2011

Fallacies About "Arab Spring" Exposed

Forbes.com refers to the "Arab Spring" as a "Jedi mind trick," and points the finger at Iran as being behind many of the intrigues that sparked the epidemic of revolts in the Middle East and North Africa.

“Arab Spring,” as it has been portrayed by the Western media, is an illusion.

Virtually every element of the media narrative — it is a spontaneous revolt, that it is Internet-driven, that it seeks democracy or income equality — is wrong or misleading.

After extensive interviews across the region and two visits to North Africa in July, it is clear that Western media and intelligence services have played a “Jedi Mind Trick” on themselves and us....

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