Five Thoughts on the Arab Spring

Over at The Washington Post is an article titled "Five Myths About the Arab Spring".  It is SHORT and it is interesting.  I commend it to those interested in what is going on in the Near and Middle East.

Best line is:

America should not write itself into every story:  There are forces in distant nations that we can neither ride nor extinguish.

Sometimes it is just about them.

Regarding the intervention in Libya being about the impetus coming from London and Paris, one wag has noted:

Re Libya, impetus and rhetoric perhaps but they brought knives to a gunfight.  The real ammunition came from the US.

Much as Ron Paul wishes to write us out of the script for international actions, it is going to be either hard, or a different world, where things don't get done.  Which isn't to say the line "America should not write itself into every story" is not correct.

Regards  —  Cliff