If you've been watching any news at all, you know by now that "opposition" protesters have overthrown the government of Kyrgyztan, sending their president into hiding. (How many readers had ever heard of Kyrgyztan before this? Come on... it's ok to admit it. I certainly don't recall reading about them before.) The country is part of the former Soviet Union, and this is being viewed as part of the "wave of democracy" sweeping the world.
In fact right wing, Bushie bloggers are already going into spasms of apoplectic joy over it. Arthur "everything's fine in Iraq" Chrenkoff says, "Another one bites the dust" and proposes "the Wolfowitz Plan" for America to provide the finances and muscle required to ensure that a government we approve of comes out of this chaos. Citizen Smash chimes in, saying, "Tyrants the world over are trembling today..."
Here's an interesting thought to ponder: When "opposition" groups in other countries overthrow their governments, particularly when they are socialists, communists, or radical conservative Islam theocracies, we don't call it a "revolution", do we? No. We call it a "coup" or an "illegal insurgent takeover."
What a difference a few little words can make, eh?
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