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Arab Spring in historical perspective
h/t Gates of Vienna

Money quote
...the choice has always been for the West, between either democracy with the rise of Islam or autocracy. As I said before when you are democratic you vote for whom you want and they obviously want Islam.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2012-01-28
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=337967