Syria: If People Don't Do Their Own Damn Revolution, It Won't Work

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Syria: If People Don't Do Their Own Damn Revolution, It Won't Work

Monday, 17 June 2013 15:19
By The Thom Hartmann Program, The Daily Take | Op-Ed


When revolutions don’t start from the bottom-up, they’re doomed to fail.

If the people of a nation in turmoil aren’t sufficiently motivated and capable of pulling off their very own revolution without the help of outside forces, then after the so-called revolution is over, the people will not be able to govern themselves, and the situation will be far worse than before.

For example, look at the American Revolution.

Before the American Revolution even began, we already had meta-governments in place in every state and city in the union. There were town councils, city councils, and state governments. The infrastructure needed to succeed post-revolution was already in place before it.

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This is not a popular perspective among warhawks in Washington. And many Americans believe, that if a dictator’s actions are awful enough, than there is a duty for outside nations, like the United States, to step in. .....................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/17039-syria-if-people-dont-do-their-own-damn-revolution-it-wont-work