Wedeman: Tunisia's military putting boot on 'Jasmine Revolution'

TUNIS, Tunisia (CNN) -- Are jackboots already trampling the "Jasmine Revolution"?

It happened with breathtaking speed. Within a matter of weeks, Tunisia went from being a beacon of authoritarian, pro-Western stability to a country in open, nationwide revolt. A largely leaderless, spontaneous popular movement drove the head of state from power.

At the moment it's not clear whether that movement will result in real change, or just a change at the top.

Shortly after Friday's massive demonstrations in Tunis, which reached a crescendo outside the hated Ministry of the Interior on Avenue Mohamed V, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled the country, taking refuge in Saudi Arabia.

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/01/15/tunisia.wedeman.scene/

What is the "free" media saying about this?

be the first of many....Egypt, Sudan, and others.

Iran replaced a tyranical right wing Shah who allowed allowed women to live with something more approaching equality and more religous freedom with a tyranical, religous theocracy.