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#Arabspring 10 Myths Debunked by @jricole: #1. The upheavals of 2011 were provoked by the Bush administration’s overthrow of Saddam Hussein in Iraq Bzzt! Wrong answer.
http://www.juancole.com/2011/12/top-ten-myths-about-the-arab-spring-of-2011.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+juancole%2Fymbn+%28Informed+Comment%29
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#Arabspring 10 Myths Debunked by @jricole: 10. The Arab upheavals are an unmitigated disaster for Israel. This position has been argued by Netanyahu and others.
http://www.juancole.com/2011/12/top-ten-myths-about-the-arab-spring-of-2011.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+juancole%2Fymbn+%28Informed+Comment%29
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#Arabspring 10 Myths Debunked by @jricole: 9. The Arab dictatorships now overthrown or tottering were better for women than their likely Islamist successors.
http://www.juancole.com/2011/12/top-ten-myths-about-the-arab-spring-of-2011.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+juancole%2Fymbn+%28Informed+Comment%29
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#Arabspring 10 Myths Debunked by @jricole: 8. The intervention of #NATO in #Libya was driven primarily by oil. European sanctions on Libya began being dropped in the late 1990s, and US sanctions were lifted in 2004.
http://www.juancole.com/2011/12/top-ten-myths-about-the-arab-spring-of-2011.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+juancole%2Fymbn+%28Informed+Comment%29
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#Arabspring 10 Myths Debunked by @jricole: 7. The Arab Spring is a Western plot. This allegation was made by the Qaddafis in Libya and is currently asserted by many in Syria’s Baath Party.
http://www.juancole.com/2011/12/top-ten-myths-about-the-arab-spring-of-2011.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+juancole%2Fymbn+%28Informed+Comment%29
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#Arabspring 10 Myths Debunked by @jricole: 6. Iran was behind the uprising in Bahrain. There is no good evidence for this allegation,...
http://www.juancole.com/2011/12/top-ten-myths-about-the-arab-spring-of-2011.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+juancole%2Fymbn+%28Informed+Comment%29
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#Arabspring 10 Myths Debunked by @jricole: 5. The uprising in Bahrain was merely a manifestation of sectarian tensions between Sunni and Shiite.
http://www.juancole.com/2011/12/top-ten-myths-about-the-arab-spring-of-2011.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+juancole%2Fymbn+%28Informed+Comment%29
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#Arabspring 10 Myths Debunked by @jricole: 4. Muslim religious groups spear-headed the revolutions.
http://www.juancole.com/2011/12/top-ten-myths-about-the-arab-spring-of-2011.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+juancole%2Fymbn+%28Informed+Comment%29
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#Arabspring 10 Myths Debunked by @jricole: 3. Muslim radicalism benefited from the revolutions in the Arab world.
http://www.juancole.com/2011/12/top-ten-myths-about-the-arab-spring-of-2011.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+juancole%2Fymbn+%28Informed+Comment%29
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#Arabspring 10 Myths Debunked by @jricole:
2. President Obama was wrong to ask Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to step down.
http://www.juancole.com/2011/12/top-ten-myths-about-the-arab-spring-of-2011.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+juancole%2Fymbn+%28Informed+Comment%29
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#Arabspring 10 Myths Debunked by @jricole: #1. The upheavals of 2011 were provoked by the Bush administration’s overthrow of Saddam Hussein in Iraq Bzzt! Wrong answer.
http://www.juancole.com/2011/12/top-ten-myths-about-the-arab-spring-of-2011.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+juancole%2Fymbn+%28Informed+Comment%29