article_snippet: Driving near the Libyan border, it's quickly obvious why the Tunisian government is so anxious about Libya's implosion and the emergence there of an ISIS affiliate whose tentacles stretch half-way across Libya.
article_snippet: Tunisians had just launched the Arab Spring.
article_snippet: Now Libya's descent into chaos means the few official border crossings are sometimes closed, and it's foreign fighters using the smugglers' trails that Tunisia must worry about.
article_snippet: of course Tunisia is threatened, his said.
article_snippet: The Tunisians are doing what The Tunisians can, his said.
article_snippet: The mood among many Tunisians seems much harder and more pragmatic than it was four years ago.
article_snippet: Bassim and hundreds of thousands of other Tunisians have reason to be worried.
article_snippet: Bassim and hundreds of thousands of other Tunisians rely on tourism to make a living, and fear that ISIS will -- as ISIS has threatened -- launch further attacks against foreigners visiting Libya.
article_snippet: Bassim says Bassim's heard all too many horror stories about events in Libya from the oil workers Bassim took to Djerba's airport.
article_snippet: Others, mainly in the capital Tunis, are apprehensive that the democratic gains of four years ago may be eroded or lost in a new security clampdown.
article_snippet: Others, mainly in the capital Tunis point to new anti-terrorism legislation that strengthens detention powers and the right of the authorities to monitor suspects' phones and social media.
article_snippet: Tunisians say Tunisians country is at a crossroads as their country tries to fend off the jihadist contagion seeping across North Africa.
article_snippet: Tunisians democracy is young and vulnerable.
highlights_snippet: Tunisian officials worry about the area because of the area proximity to Libya, and ISIS .