Protests in Iraq are gathering steam. The people are protesting lack of services, food shortages and government corruption. In Falluja, 1000 protesters took to the streets, and one man tried to set himself on fire. There's a facebook page where Iraqis are coordinating a nationwide protest on Feb. 25th. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, said protests were welcome. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110215/wl_nm/us_iraq_protests
What revolution, Iraq has one of the freest political systems in the mid east now(god damn it's still weird saying that). They're protesting against lack of services, not any specific person or system.
There's a vast difference between protesting to state your grievances and protesting to take down a government.
I take it "Revolution" from the Latin revolution, "a turn around" isn't going to quite cut it with you? Not even: The term "revolution" has also been used to denote great changes outside the political sphere. No? There has also been: An industrial revolution...still no go? I do understand what you mean...societal "revolution" does conjure up more than a "protest"...maybe skip was getting a little over-indulgent. I think it is allowed. ...btw, he was asking a question. I guess your answer is "no".
Not just no, but in how people are using the term "revolution" in current mid-east affairs it's literally impossible in Iraq. Hell Iraq has a more lively political scene than most western nations do, this is the place that took months and months of arguing in parliament before they could even agree on a prime minister.
I'm not disagreeing with you. Merely suggesting nobody said it was a revolt against a person. If that is how you define revolution, fair enough.
Could this be the thing that triggers it? http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/15/defector-admits-wmd-lies-iraq-war
Man there all guilty of charge. Not just one person everybody involve in making huge desions and got paid from the war (oil) should come up and pay its crimes.
Of course they are. But don't you think this is a really terrible thing to do, to lie to another country resulting in the death of thousands of people? Why this man hasn't been arrested yet and taken to the hague is beyond me. We all know why Bliar and Bush haven't...
There's no law against lying(unless you're under oath). Intelligence agencies receive faulty information all the time, in fact it's their main job to determine what information is accurate.
