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To: upanddown who wrote (144344)	1/30/2011 3:44:21 PM
From: Jim P.	Respond to of 206338

The demographics of the region scream instability. There is a bulge in the late teens and early 20s which historically have led to changes in societies and governments. More like a quantifiable black swan event :) There have been think tanks warning of this bulge of young people for a few years. I think you are spot on about the hopelessness of the young people. Jim

To: upanddown who wrote (144344)	1/30/2011 4:05:47 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 206338

<seems to be about poverty, unemployment and hopelessness> Till the dictator is kicked out, they'll just be against him. Then, they'll have to figure out who they are for. The leader of Tunisia's Islamic Party just returned home, after a 22-year exile: Thousands of people went to the airport to welcome Rachid Ghannouchi, 69, as he arrived in Tunis from London... ...Alongside his supporters, the Reuters news agency said, was a small group of secularists with banners reading: "No Islamism, no theocracy, no Sharia and no stupidity!" bbc.co.uk