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It seems a recurrent theme for all the "Arab Spring" skeptics to focus only on the failures of the movement like in Libya or Syria and ignore the success storie
by gotchange 11y ago
It seems a recurrent theme for all the "Arab Spring" skeptics to focus only on the failures of the movement like in Libya or Syria and ignore the success stories like Tunisia.
I must admit that the US and allies abandoned Libya after toppling Ghaddafi and not helping Libyans with nation rebuilding after that. Add to that, the intervention by regional players in Libya complicated the situation and made things worse for the ordinary people.
- pluma 11y agoI'm not an "Arab Spring sceptic". I'm just a realist. The West largely kept out of the Arab Spring to avoid getting their hands dirty and the result is a huge mess. We were too afraid to risk our own soldiers or pissing off the wrong people. Now we have Islamist extremists everywhere and a self-proclaimed Caliphate is trying to establish a permanent Islamic state.