Quote Originally Posted by HoreTore View Post
What?

Have not a bunch of dictators been overthrown, in the process of being overthrown or had to fight back a major attempt to overthrow him, by an opposition made up of mostly the common man(as opposed to being overthrown by rival power structures within the regime or outside agents, as has been the norm)?

Will not future dictators be aware of this, and take it into consideration, like the European monarchs did after the revolution?

The Arab spring changed the playing field in the Middle East. It was a momentous event for the region. The intellectuals were spot on, as they always are. The right-wingers are still as clueless as always.
Things only turned for the worse, army taking over in Egypt is good news for the Egyptians, it's really the only positive thing worth mentioning about this 'arab spring', at least in Egypt it won't be an islamist winter. I hope the people in Syria will be just as lucky but I doubt it. Libya is a nightmare as well. Things were much better before all this happened.