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Part of the spark for the tunisian uprising was the revelations in the US embassy cables about the billionaire lifestyle of their rulers. Same in jordan.
by JonnieCache 16y ago
Part of the spark for the tunisian uprising was the revelations in the US embassy cables about the billionaire lifestyle of their rulers. Same in jordan.
- steveklabnik 16y agoDon't feed the trolls.
- rimantas 16y agoOh, so tunisians had no idea about the lifestyle of their rulers prior to wikileaks? I don't buy it. And frankly, there was a lot more news about Assange's swedish affair than about anything leaked.
- JonnieCache 16y agoThey had an idea, but I imagine total access to explicit description taken from private US diplomatic correspondence galvanised preexisting public sentiment somewhat.