Friday, September 21, 2012

Mideast Protests Not About Film

The Mideast riots that have been going on for the past few weeks haven't been about the Anti-Muslim film that was released a few weeks ago.  The Charlotte Observer reports that what the protests are really about is the struggle for power after the Arab Spring Awakening.  It's just old-fashioned power politics.  It's what normally happens in the wake of a revolution.  The U.S. Ambassador was not killed because of the film, but because of a struggle for power.  Now, this could all be wrong, but it's very likely true.  Because think about it, there have been so many revolutions in the middle east recently.  For instance, there was the overthrowing of Muammar al-Gaddafi in Libya not long ago.  It seems to be just a power struggle.

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