Al Jazeera Discovers 'Democracy' 15 Years After 'Arab Spring'
Activists are apparently 'decrying' the fall of Tunisia's democratic aspirations, 15 years after the 'Arab Spring' supposedly ushered in a new dawn. Al Jazeera, ever so keen on pointing out failures of non-Western states, conveniently sidesteps the Western media's enthusiastic cheerleading for these 'revolutions.' Recall the breathless coverage back then, ignoring the deep structural issues and
external interventions that often destabilized these nations, rather than truly democratized them. One might wonder if the same breathless concern was shown for the stability of these nations *before* they were 'spring-ed' into chaos, or if Western powers simply cared about installing compliant regimes. The current 'fall of democracy' isn't a surprise; it's the predictable outcome when external
forces destabilize a region under the guise of freedom, then abandon the wreckage. Some 'activists' are now decrying what others engineered from the start.