Dithering....
Yet such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere . And such was it when a vegetable seller, Mohamed Bouazizi, set himself alight after being humiliated by a police officer in Tunisia. Within three weeks, the galvanized masses of protesters had taken over the country and Ben Ali had fled. That spilled over to Cairo, and as the world watched and western countries made non-committal noises, Mubarak was pulled down. The domino effect that Bush sought for in vain had begun. There were protests in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Bahrain, Jordan, Iran, Morocco, Kuwait, Algeria, Lebanon, Oman. And this has been followed by placatory gestures from their rulers. Jordan's prime minister was been dismissed, Yemen's Saleh and Sudan's Bashir promised not to seek another term, and a slew of political and economic concessions and incentives followed from other rulers. We are truly witnessing histor