Arab Tyrant Manual

İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي @iyad_elbaghdadi

Help me compile an "Arab Tyrant's Standard Revolution Response Manual". What would be on it?

İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي @iyad_elbaghdadi

So an Arab Tyrant would, in response to revolution: Offer money like pay increases... #ArabTyrantManual

İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي @iyad_elbaghdadi

Say: "This is not X" (where X is the country that had a revolution just before) #ArabTyrantManual

İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي @iyad_elbaghdadi

Uniformed police, followed by plainclothes thugs, followed by the army. #ArabTyrantManual

İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي @iyad_elbaghdadi

Blame Aljazeera, then attack it, then shut it down in the country. #ArabTyrantManual

İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي @iyad_elbaghdadi

Blame it on "foreign agendas." #ArabTyrantManual

İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي @iyad_elbaghdadi

Say "We support the youths" (while their own police force is beating the crap out of the youth) #ArabTyrantManual

İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي @iyad_elbaghdadi

Blame it on Islamists. Start small (Muslim Brotherhood) then go all the way to the big boogie man, Alqaeda. #ArabTyrantManual

İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي @iyad_elbaghdadi

Ignore events completely, realize late how serious things really are, and give a midnight speech to the nation. #ArabTyrantManual

İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي @iyad_elbaghdadi

Warn of factionalism, sectarianism, tribalism, and many other scary "isms". #ArabTyrantManual

İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي @iyad_elbaghdadi

Reshuffle the cabinet. Then reshuffle it again. #ArabTyrantManual

İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي @iyad_elbaghdadi

Get thugs out of jail, give them bludgeon type weapons, and let them loose upon the people. #ArabTyrantManual

İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي @iyad_elbaghdadi

Burn down your own police stations and blame it on the protesters. #ArabTyrantManual

İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي @iyad_elbaghdadi

Make a teary, emotional display about how much you love your country and how you spent your life serving it. #ArabTyrantManual

İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي @iyad_elbaghdadi

Insist that everything is fine. #ArabTyrantManual

İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي @iyad_elbaghdadi

When things get bad, shut down mobile networks & social media. When they get really bad, shut down the internet. #ArabTyrantManual

İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي @iyad_elbaghdadi

Claim ignorance. "I didn't know that there were these problems, and I will punish those responsible for it!" #ArabTyrantManual

İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي @iyad_elbaghdadi

Say that only a tiny percentage of the people are against me. The majority are with me. Cite the latest elections. #ArabTyrantManual

İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي @iyad_elbaghdadi

Say that only a tiny percentage of the people are against me. The majority are with me. Cite the latest elections. #ArabTyrantManual

İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي @iyad_elbaghdadi

Say that "Change must take place" and promise great and amazing things if those kids would just stay at home. #ArabTyrantManual

İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي @iyad_elbaghdadi

Say that you were going to retire soon anyway and had no intention of running for the next elections. #ArabTyrantManual

İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي @iyad_elbaghdadi

Say that you are planning to peaceful relinquish power at the next election, scheduled 12 years later. #ArabTyrantManual

İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي @iyad_elbaghdadi

Get yourself a shameless liar and make him Minister of Information & head of state TV. #ArabTyrantManual

İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي @iyad_elbaghdadi

Insist on following the constitution. Ignore them when they say you didn't care about the constitution before. #ArabTyrantManual

İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي @iyad_elbaghdadi

Complain on behalf of "average citizens" that normal life is being held up due to the protests. #ArabTyrantManual