
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
‘During previous periods of unrest over unpopular taxes, the president was accused of bribing opposition members of Parliament and setting up meetings with politicians planning anti-tax rallies in order to cajole them into stopping the action. But the young people on the streets today don’t speak that political language. There is no central leadership to bribe, threaten or push into endless “peace dialogues.”’