Tunisia, or democracy's future in jasmine

Now, as the Tunisian insurrection has just been labelled the "jasmine revolution", the semantics of the flower may be further enriched to designate a popular uprising with the following key characteristics:

* genuinely homegrown
* belated, but quick and clear in delivering its message 
* totally unforeseen by international pundits
* enjoying little or no support from the so-called international community
* opening major new questions, hopes and anxieties for the broader region: "will the jasmine blossom"?