Why is the Middle East Exploding?
2011-02-03
A month ago a young man in Tunsia attempted to sell fruit on a streetcorner because he was broke. He was an educated member of the middle class and had been prepared for a life as a professional. He was forced off the street by the police and set himself on fire. He died.
The rest is history, as Tunisians took to the streets, the local dictator left the country, and an interim government was installed. Subsequently, Egyptians took to the streets, then Yeminis and Jordanians, now also Syrians.
The immediate problem started last summer when a devastating drought and heat wave caused the Russian and Ukranian harvests to be so damaged that Russia was forced to dramatically reduce its exports.
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WEDNESDAY, FEB 9: REVELATIONS IS ON HIATUS THIS WEEK. LAST WEEK: William and Claire Henry have returned from Egypt with a phenomenal firsthand account of what is happening in that country. You will NOT have heard anything remotely like this anywhere in the media. This is on-the-ground witness testimony from ordinary people who were caught up in a revolution, and endured an increasingly dangerous and difficult effort to escape from what was quickly becoming a very dangerous situation.