I'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 m

I'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.