An anti-government protester shouts slogans during a rally demanding the ouster of Yemen's President's Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa March 21, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Khaled AbdullahWar Stalks Revolution In Middle East -- Sreeram Chaulia, Asia Times
Historically, there is a strong sequential correlation between revolution and inter-state war. Radical overhaul of a country's socio-economic or political system rarely remains confined to that state and often triggers a wider regional or international conflagration. This is because revolution is a volcanic phenomenon that knows no artificial borders. If ideas cannot be imprisoned the way bodies can, then revolution is the most exhilarating or pernicious idea, depending on where one stands.
The mobilization of counter-revolutionary forces to restore status quo ante in a society undergoing revolution, or to "teach a lesson" to other revolutionaries in the region and beyond that their emulative efforts will be crushed, is a time-tested tactic of conservative powers who have everything to lose if the
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My Comment: A sobering history lesson on how revolutions have a tendency to lead to wider and destructive wars between nation states. Another analysis on the growing spirit of revolution in the Middle East .... and the consequences of what may come out of it .... can be read here.
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