The naivety of people (we let the journalists of the mainstream media sometimes left out) regarding the "Arab Spring" mentioned undertaken and subsisting still in the making revolutions in some Arab countries is staggering.
Not a few commentators rant of now it would have Western governments in their ignorance just realize that they made serious mistakes by they had underestimated the local Islamists. Hello?
Eben Those were and are still used as a spearhead and massively supported, with money, logistics, weapons, training, retreat spaces, yes even direct military! They knew exactly who would be the way you going, ultimately bring to power.
In Egypt was crystal clear that the Muslim Brotherhood are by far the strongest and best organized movement that will gather en masse to simple poor Egyptians easiest behind.
Now it's so far, and one whines around like as if that were all very sad and that the development is worrisome and it appeals to prudence and moderate forces and what the like speeches more.
What do you do now?
Reduce or suspend payment of military and development aid or even pay more, so the store is not flying in the air?
From the perspective of the European peoples, this policy is a gamble anyway, as you can easily able to work out where appropriate refugee flows, of "liberals" and Christians will go in the future.
That one fact in Washington no consideration, all right, but what about Israel? (more ...)