Anyone for Calling Libya and Syria for What They Really Are?

摘要

For those versed in the black arts of propaganda, the hijacking of the Arab Spring must be a beautiful thing to behold. First came the evidently spontaneous uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. Then some up-and-comer in Washington or London or Paris had a brainstorm, a new twist on a very old idea: if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Or even better, co-opt them, and use them for your own purposes.